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Welcome to POLITICO’s 2021 Transition Playbook,
your guide to the first 100 days of the Biden administration
BREAKING:
NORAH O’DONNELL made news in a sit-down interview today with
JOE BIDEN. Some nuggets in the pre-released excerpts ahead of the Super Bowl air date, courtesy of CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell.
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2021 will present opportunities for the advanced nuclear and space exploration sectors, but companies should be cognizant of complex compliance standards.
TAKEAWAYS
The prior Administration’s January 12, 2021 Executive Order (EO) promoting advanced reactors and the use of nuclear technology for defense purposes and space exploration seeks to provide direction and initiative to other, ongoing federal efforts in these sectors. Given the bipartisan support for advanced nuclear technology and the inclusion of nuclear energy as a key solution in the Biden plan for a clean energy revolution, it is likely that the Biden Administration will continue advancing the initiatives set out in the EO.
By Rachel Fixsen, Luigi Serenelli2021-02-05T14:30:00+00:00
The founder of $8.7trn (€7.2trn) asset manager BlackRock told the OECD’s Blended Finance Week and Impact event that the transition to a net-zero carbon global economy could not be achieved solely by action from public companies.
Larry Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock, said: “This has to be done in concert with government. It can’t just be done by capitalism – we can only play a small role in the totality of this.”
In a session entitled ‘The Pathway to the Net-Zero Economy’ at the digital event, he said: “If we’re going to have a world that’s going to be net-zero carbon and temperatures only go up one and half degrees, it can’t be just though public companies.
[co-author: Shawn Whites]
The Biden administration’s international climate diplomacy agenda is taking shape. While rejoining the Paris Agreement is the centerpiece, President Biden’s January 27 Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (EO) provides insight into how the U.S. intends to “exercise its leadership to promote a significant increase in global climate ambition.”
1 In our overview of the EO and other “Climate Day” actions, we identified five key action items in international leadership. Below, we assess each item and provide background on the leadership team overseeing U.S. climate diplomacy efforts. In the weeks to come, we will provide deeper dives into some of these topics, including U.S.-China relations, international trade and the administration’s participation in multilateral forums.
February 3, 2021
On February 7, 2021, over 13 million Ecuadorian voters across the country’s 24 provinces will cast their ballots for president and vice president, the 137-seat National Assembly, provincial legislatures in all 24 provinces, and members of the Andean Parliament the governing and deliberative body of the Andean community, which encompasses Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Whomever wins the upcoming elections will have to address the country’s main problems, which, according to public opinion polls, Ecuadorians perceive to be an economic crisis, poverty, and debt; unemployment and underemployment; corruption and justice; the Covid-19 pandemic; insecurity and violence; and education.
The Presidential Elections