Renee Bowen, the Pastor Faculty Fellow at UC San Diego’s School of Global Policy and Strategy and the Department of Economics, was selected to serve in Biden’s administration as the senior economist for trade with the Council of Economic Advisers.
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The comprehensive discussion at the forthcoming Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November will probably focus on how the world has deviated from the track to fulfill the Paris Agreement’s goals of ending global warming at much below 2°C.
CO2 Emissions Are Rebounding, but Clean Energy Revolutions are Emerging
Climate change has worsened each year, but across the globe there are promising signs of real decarbonization, according to UC San Diego researchers
There are encouraging signs in emerging clean energy technology “niches” countries, states or corporations that are pioneering decarbonization. Credit: Petmal/iStock.
At the upcoming Conference of the Parties (COP26) in November, ample discussion is likely to focus on how the world is not on track to meet the Paris Agreement’s goals of stopping warming at well below 2
°C.
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find encouraging signs in emerging clean energy technology “niches” countries, states or corporations that are pioneering decarbonization.
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