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President Biden campaigned on prioritizing climate change in his Administration, with an ambitious $2T plan to invest in clean energy and setting a target for a carbon-free electricity sector by 2035. His “Build Back Better” plan centered around accelerating the deployment of clean energy technologies like electric vehicles, solar, wind, and energy efficient buildings. It is no surprise then that the new Administration has taken swift action on clean energy and climate in the early days of Biden’s tenure. Below is a summary of the key personnel President Biden has chosen to implement his clean energy and climate agenda, along with the actions he has taken in his first few weeks in office.
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The Biden administration’s international climate diplomacy agenda is taking shape. While rejoining the Paris Agreement is the centerpiece, President Biden’s January 27 Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad (EO) provides insight into how the U.S. intends to “exercise its leadership to promote a significant increase in global climate ambition.”
1 In our overview of the EO and other “Climate Day” actions, we identified five key action items in international leadership. Below, we assess each item and provide background on the leadership team overseeing U.S. climate diplomacy efforts. In the weeks to come, we will provide deeper dives into some of these topics, including U.S.-China relations, international trade and the administration’s participation in multilateral forums.
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A âNerve Centerâ for Climate in the Biden White House
President Joseph R. Biden Jr. brings with him the largest team of climate change experts ever assembled in the White House, and action on global warming is expected quickly.
Joseph R. Biden Jr. and Jill Biden leaving Wilmington, Del., on Tuesday for the inauguration.Credit.Doug Mills/The New York Times
Published Jan. 19, 2021Updated Jan. 21, 2021
WASHINGTON â Joseph R. Biden Jr. assumed the presidency on Wednesday, bringing an expansive team of climate change experts to staff a White House that is preparing to focus on global warming in a way no other administration has done before.
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Jesse Jenkins, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, and
Chris Greig, the Theodora D. 78 & William H. Walton III 74 Senior Research Scientist at the Andlinger Center. The research is an ongoing project of HMEI’s
Carbon Mitigation Initiative, a research program focused on studying and addressing climate change, and is aligned with the Andlinger Center’s
Rapid Switch, a broad research initiative investigating how to accelerate decarbonization efforts globally.
The new research, which involved ten Princeton researchers and eight external collaborators, lays out five pathways by which the United States could decarbonize the entire economy in the next 30 years.