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What could Biden’s ‘Climate Cabinet’ realistically accomplish? Biden’s Cabinet will be not only tackling climate change, but working to change and undo the damage done with agencies in disarray, rolled back environmental protections, suppressed climate science, loss of expertise due to attrition and firings to name a few of the obstacles to address. Climate change…

It’s undeniable that 2020s will be a transformative decade that will “change every business, every community, every life.” Peter Fisk writes that “the changes in technology, and as a result in business and society, will be rapid, dramatic and profound.” The emerging themes are about changing societies, driven and accelerated by new technology. Fisk is…

What’s in Canada’s climate plan With the United States back on track with climate change planning and Canada’s recently released plan, North America is set to act boldly on climate change issues.  Canada’s climate plan released in mid-December 2021 offers a pan-Canadian framework on clean growth and climate change, carbon pollution, carbon pricing, climate change resilience, clean…

Biden has vowed to make the issue of climate change a top priority in an agenda that reverses many Trump administration policies. Biden says he will re-join the Paris Climate Agreement immediately upon taking office and “put America back in the business of leading the world on climate change.” Alongside the Paris Climate Agreement, Biden will convene a climate summit…

Funding Climate Action with a Climate BondA properly funded climate bond could have a profound impact on California’s ability to move toward a green, clean, and just future with an equitable phase-out of fossil fuels. If California were a sovereign nation (2019), it would rank as the world’s fifth largest economy, ahead of India and behind…

A Proposal in California creates a climate-safe economy Global warming is an emergency with the highest possible stakes: the future of life on Earth. There are dozens of scalable solutions available now to reverse the climate crisis. The time is right for more aggressive climate action in California, serving as an example to inspire and…