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Under Biden, America will be a leader in the climate fight – and that changes everything
Jan 23, 2021 1 min, 28 secs

For the first time, a holder of the world’s most powerful elected office is treating climate change as the existential challenge that it is.

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Trump, other world leaders who prioritized greenhouse gas reduction did so in spite of Washington, and climate deniers were given comfort.

Trump’s complete disinterest made Prime Minister Justin Trudeau the continental leader on climate policy.

Trump, who set an extraordinarily low bar to clear for climate action, but with Barack Obama.

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Obama start to aggressively use executive action to impose new environmental rules.

His initial climate orders largely involve instructing government agencies to reinstate environmental policies that Mr.

Trump softened Mr.

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Biden intends to approach the climate fight is his rapid re-establishment of something called the “social cost of carbon.” It’s a way of putting a price on damages caused by emissions, then factoring that into the cost-benefit analysis for all government regulations.

Trump to the point of being meaningless.

Biden has ordered a new interim version of it within a month, and a final version of it within a year, with all signs pointing to a much higher figure, and thus a formula for more stringent environmental rules of all forms.

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Biden’s whole-of-government approach to a climate fight that, until recently, tended to be hived off to officials specifically tasked with matters environmental.

It would be extremely fair for allies in the climate fight to chafe at the Americans suddenly trying to position themselves at the front of the pack.

Trump, the climate fight won’t be won without Washington’s buy-in.

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Adam Radwanski writes about the policy and politics of climate change for The Globe and Mail

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