Welcome to climate day — the day the Biden administration kicks off its climate change agenda. The Biden plan includes investing in renewable energy and electric vehicles, rejoining international climate policymaking and adopting an ambitious 100 percent clean energy goal by 2050. Although today’s agenda emphasizes a return to science-based climate change policy, the larger Biden climate plan represents an important trend in climate change politics: going beyond science to focus on questions of economic and social justice. Here’s what you need to know.
January 27, 2021