The global climate mitigation movement recently received a shot in the arm with the “return of the prodigal son” — President Joe Biden steering the US back to the Paris Agreement. This comes at a time when the risk of our planet warming beyond a critical climate threshold is high, with countries sauntering when they need to sprint. According to the Emissions Gap Report 2020, Nationally Determined Contributions must be roughly tripled for the 2 degree Celsius pathway and amplified at least five-fold to meet the 1.5°C target.
President Biden must not only make up for lost time but also earn
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