U.S. to rejoin Paris climate accord; Biden works to overturn Trump s climate policies
Juliet Eilperin, Steven Mufson and Brady Dennis, The Washington Post
Jan. 20, 2021
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WASHINGTON - During his first moments in the Oval Office on Wednesday, President Joe Biden moved to return the United States to the Paris climate accord and directed federal agencies to begin unraveling Donald Trump s environmental policies - the first step in what Biden has vowed will be a sustained effort to safeguard the nation s air and water, protect endangered s
An Ocean and Climate Agenda for the New Administration
By Jean Flemma, Miriam Goldstein, and Anne Merwin
January 15, 2021, 9:01 am
Climate change is having profound effects on the ocean, as scientists have extensively documented. Coral reefs are dying, rising seas are flooding coastal communities, and fishermen are seeing their livelihoods threatened as fish seek cooler water. The ocean, however, provides opportunities to fight back. Globally, ocean-based climate solutions have the potential to provide up to one-fifth of the reductions in greenhouse gas emissions necessary to limit the world’s temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, which scientists say is necessary to lower the risks associated with warming.
UK water industry joins UN Race to Zero campaign
Water UK is targeting a net zero water supply across the nation by 2030 | Credit: Thames Water
Water UK becomes first trade body to join as official partner of UN campaign, which aims to rally ambitious corporate climate action ahead of COP26
Water UK has become the first industry trade body to join the UN s Race to Zero campaign as an official partner today, having last year drawn up a strategy to deliver net zero emissions water supplies.
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The Biden Administration and International Climate Change Policy and Action
Former Secretary of State John Kerry, with grand-daughter in tow, signs the Paris Agreement in 2016 (UN Photo by Amanda Voisard)
On Jan. 20, Joe Biden will be inaugurated as the 46th president of the United States. He will face an unprecedented set of challenges, including global climate change one of four stated policy priorities of his administration (along with the coronavirus pandemic, economic recovery and racial equity) in addition to the immediate issue of the looming Senate trial of President Trump and ongoing threats of violence from extremist supporters. Because climate change is a global commons problem and international cooperation is necessary to limit free-rider incentives, President-elect Biden has pledged to immediately initiate the process of rejoining the Paris Agreement (from which President Trump withdrew the United States on Nov. 4, 2020 the earliest date permitted by the agreement). Th
The government has successfully submitted Cambodia’s updated National Determined Contribution (NDC) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and earned praise as more than half of the world’s countries failed to do so by year’s end.