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The climate finance problem is in some ways simple. Humans are not spending enough money on climate action, neither to mitigate climate change and keep global warming well below 2 degrees, nor to adapt to increasingly severe climate impacts such as heat waves or droughts.
The fight against climate change will fuel the emergence of new types of sanctions, tariffs, and export controls. In retaliation against these measures, China and Russia could weaponize access to critical minerals, posing a threat to U.S. national security.
California, Florida, and Texas have different approaches for funding rebuilding efforts after fires, floods, and other natural disasters. Climate change is testing their limits.
Join the Carnegie Endowment and the Black Professionals in International Affairs for a joint special event on preparing young professionals for careers in foreign policy and how to navigate the network of opportunities in Washington, DC.
Janet Yellen and Jake Sullivan have recently argued that pursuing industrial policy at home is compatible with an open and fair global economic order.
The reality of a warming climate coupled with increasing urbanization means that extreme disasters aren’t rare anymore.
Join Aaron David Miller as he sits down with Sue Biniaz, the U.S. Deputy Special Envoy for Climate Change, to discuss what the United States and others in the international community do to deal with the global climate crisis.
Given existing reserves, it is possible for the United States and its key democratic partners to significantly friendshore the production of critical minerals. However, it would require an unprecedented buildout of the mining industry to achieve clean energy targets for 2030.
Achieving the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) target goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C will necessitate major systems transformations from a broad coalition that includes cities, states, and regions.
An increase in climate-driven disasters, particularly hurricanes, results in four major risks for U.S. national security. To address these risks, the government must build a more equitable and responsive national disaster-recovery policy.