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Luisa Neubauer / Germany “How can we turn this anxiety into something constructive?” says 24-year-old climate activist, Luisa Neubauer, who many people refer to as the “German Greta.” Born in Hamburg and now living in Berlin, she studies geography at the University of Göttingen. She says a sense of loss led to her involvement in climate…

Who exactly is President-elect Biden’s Environmental Team? President-elect Joe Biden finally announced the key members of his environmental team on December 19th. He made a declaration that his administration will connect the effort to reduce planet-warming emissions by restoring the economy and creating jobs.  The climate team will be “ready on day one, which is essential…

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…

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…

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…