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Paris is passé as climate green deals become chic
Joe Biden’s victory sets off a rivalry with the EU and China to set the terms of a decarbonized world
Joe Biden promises his first act as U.S. president will be to rejoin the Paris Agreement.
- Karl Mathiesen and Kalina Oroschakoff
- Politico
But that’s no longer where the action is.
Rather it’s about who’ll set the rules for a decarbonized world by the middle of the century.
Under the 2015 Paris deal countries agreed to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees Celsius by setting voluntary targets.
There’s pressure on…