Arnold Schwarzenegger Warns MSNBC ‘Climate Change Dialogue Is Not Going to Work’

Arnold Schwarzenegger warned MSNBC on Thursday that the traditional “climate change dialogue” is not working, especially when it comes to high-polluter countries.

Schwarzenegger joined Jonathan Lemire on MSNBC’s Way Too Early on Thursday, and the former California governor was joined by John Podesta, a senior advisor to President Joe Biden on clean energy innovation and implementation. Both men are speaking at the Austrian World Summit, an event backed by Schwarzenegger’s initiative focused on climate change.

Schwarzenegger and Podesta looked like a regular odd couple, which the pair joked about. They told Lemire they hope working together publicly can show Republicans and Democrats can work in bipartisan fashion on climate solutions. They may not be so different as body builder Schwarzenegger complimented his “fit” companion for taking a six mile run before their TV appearance.

“I always say let’s not go after the low-hanging fruit, let’s go after the high-hanging fruit. I mean, there’s some difficult moments that we have to go through. I think it always has to do with communication,” Schwarzenegger said.

The Terminator actor argued climate change initiatives should take notes from the “fitness craze” that helped launch his career, claiming it was a success in the ’80s because there are “more gymnasiums around the world than ever before.”

“Pollution,” Schwarzenegger told Lemire, is the focus of the conversation if you want high-polluter countries like China and India to care.

“We want to do the same thing here. I think this whole climate change dialogue is not going to work. I think this has been used for the last few decades,” he said. “I think we should address it directly, what it is, which is pollution. We want to terminate pollution. There’s the message we should get out there.”

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