Climate Change
Webinar: Confronting climate change in the global COVID-19 recovery
It’s not surprising that the most ardent nationalist populists—in Brazil, the US, EU skeptics in Britain—are also the most skeptical of Paris. But that whole agenda is deeply problematic for climate because ultimately what you need is a set of institutions and some measure of cooperation that helps diffuse good ideas and products around the global economy.
[On the Trump administration's rollback of vehicle efficiency standards] In the march of rollbacks of climate rules, this is the biggest step.
[On the Trump administration's rollback of vehicle efficiency standards] One thing we’ve learned from the Trump administration is be careful what you ask for. The auto industry wanted a smoother glide path to a more efficient future. Instead what they got was the populist politics of the far right, which is blowing up in their faces.
[On COVID-19, economic stimulus, and prospects for clean energy priorities] Right now there is much competition for that stimulus money. But we need to get out of this crisis mode before businesses can take advantage of these conditions.
