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(Image credit – Adam Schultz / The White House) Four months into his administration, President Biden’s approach to climate change is beginning to cohere around two executive orders he issued his first week in office.  Signed on Inauguration Day, the first order set an urgent tone through high-priority moves, such as rejoining the Paris climate agreement, initiating an update of government benchmarks for the social cost of greenhouse gases, and reversing a number of Trump administration actions on environmental policy. The second order, issued Jan. 27, established an array of policymakin...

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Dear President Biden, We are a group of human rights, reproductive rights, reproductive justice, environmental justice, maternal and child health, health care professional organizations, medical societies, and other advocates writing with a spirit of energized support for your January Executive Order (EO) on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad[1] and for your commitment to racial justice and environmental justice in addressing the climate crisis in the United States. April 20, 2021 Pregnant People, Infants, Children Particularly Vulnerable We are also writing to emphasize that add...

US: Include Maternal Health in Climate Change Action Pregnant People, Infants, Children Particularly Vulnerable US President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders on tackling climate change on January 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. From left, Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden, White House science adviser Dr. Eric Lander, and National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy. © 2021 AP Photo/Evan Vucci (Washington, DC) – The administration of United States President Joe Biden should take concrete action to ensure that the country’s maternal health crisis, dom...

UNITED STATES FOREIGN POLICY AND NATIONAL SECURITY Sec. 101 This section states the policy that climate considerations will be an essential element of U.S. foreign policy and national security. Foreign Policy Sec. 102 - Announces the U.S. will host a Leaders’ Climate Summit, contribute to the United Nations COP26, and reconvene the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate - Climate considerations will be prioritized in international forums (i.e., G7 and G20) - Directs the development of the U.S. contribution under the Paris Agreement in advance of the Leaders’ Climate Summit - Direc...