While we haven't yet hit the 1.5°C threshold highlighted in the Paris Agreement, the UN Conference of the Parties (COP) process has yet to result in the kind of progress we need to avoid that level of disastrous warming.
With the election behind us in early November -- one we must help Kamala Harris and congressional climate champions win at all costs -- the Biden-Harris Administration can hit the ground running with bold new climate action at the November COP and announce a new Clean Energy Marshall Plan as outlined in the recent Foreign Affairs article by Brian Deese. Congress also needs to be involved to make the most of the economic opportunities this offers.
What better way is there to galvanize the change we need globally than by making progress here at home?