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Biden's climate change plans can quickly raise the bar, but can they be transformative?

  • Written by Edward R Carr, Professor and Director, International Development, Community, and Environment, Clark University
imageThe next administration will need to carefully weigh the economic, social and environmental impacts of both climate change and the policy responses.Jim Watson/Getty Images

The day Joe Biden becomes president, he can start taking actions that can help slow climate change. The question is whether he can match the magnitude of the challenge.

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