Biden Vowed to Make Climate âEssentialâ to Foreign Policy. The Reality Is Harder.
So far, repairing alliances and restoring friendships seem to be taking precedence.
John Kerry, President Bidenâs climate envoy, met with Anne Hidalgo, the mayor of Paris, in that city on Friday to discuss new financing commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions.Credit.Stephane De Sakutin/Agence France-Presse â Getty Images
March 14, 2021
WASHINGTON â In late January, President Biden pledged to make combating climate change âan essential element of U.S. foreign policy and national security,â appointing a high-powered global climate envoy and salting the State Department with climate expertise.
NORTH ADAMS â The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has put nearly 1 in 4 Berkshire County children at risk of hunger, but observers see more federal money for parents as a win for childrenâs nutrition.
President Joe Biden has said the $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan he is expected to sign this week would cut child poverty in half, a claim that researchers haveechoed.
Locally, there is hope that the extra money will stem the tide of rising food insecurity among children, in addition to meeting needs related to housing, heat and electricity.
âI think [the relief payments] will really help families, but itâs not a long-term fix,â said Michelle Derr, director of the Berkshire South Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program for Community Health Programs in Great Barrington.
OECD pegs India s FY22 GDP growth at 12.6%, fastest in the world
The Paris-based grouping of developed economies raised the projection for the country s economic growth rate by 4.7 percentage points from 7.9% pegged in December 2020
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The OECD noted that the COVID-19 vaccine production in India is super encouraging , but the distribution speed will be crucial for recovery
India s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth is expected to bounce sharply to 12.6% in FY22 cushioned by solid fiscal and quasi-fiscal measures, making it the fastest-growing economy in the world, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said in its interim economic outlook report.
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Oil prices rose on Wednesday on an upbeat forecast for global economic recovery and as U.S. gasoline inventories plummeted, but prices were limited due to a surge in crude oil inventories in the aftermath of last month’s Texas winter storm.
Brent crude settled at $67.90 a barrel, gaining 38 cents, or 0.6%. U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude settled at $64.44 a barrel, rising 43 cents, or 0.7%.