With an All-Hands-on-Deck International Summit, Biden Signals the US is Ready to Lead the World on Climate
The 40 leaders who will participate Thursday and Friday in the virtual summit organized by the White House face a monumental task: how to close the emissions gap.
April 22, 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden prepares to sign a series of executive orders, including rejoining the Paris Climate Agreement, at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office just hours after his inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images
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When President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord in 2017, pundits speculated about who would step in to fill the leadership void.
Joseph Shapiro is a NPR News Investigations correspondent.
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Biden’s Climate Credibility May Hinge on Whether He Makes Good on U.S. Financial Commitments to Developing Nations
World governments have spent $12 trillion addressing the Covid-19 pandemic. But a $100 billion climate fund for less wealthy countries has run sizable deficits.
April 21, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks in the Oval Office at the White House April 19, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images
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For poor nations that contributed little to greenhouse gas emissions but are bearing some of the worst impacts of climate change, the most important pledges at this week’s White House summit will be about money.
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MILWAUKEE – The J. William and Mary Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University has announced the next class of journalists joining the O’Brien Fellowship in Public Service Journalism.
The fellowship teams up Marquette student journalists with reporters for nine-month investigations into complex national and local issues.
The incoming Fellows for the 2021–22 academic year are:
Katherine Reynolds Lewis, independent journalist, author and speaker specializing in education, parenting, science, diversity and social justice Milwaukee Business Journal covering banking, retail, education and the restaurant industry
Sarah Carr, independent education reporter, editor and author. Most recently, she’s served as education team leader at the