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Climate One

John Kerry, Gina McCarthy and Biden’s Climate Team

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Climate One

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🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

“The long-term energy future of America is not going to be written in fossil fuels,” declared John Kerry last April. President Biden recently appointed the former Secretary of State to a top position in his climate cabinet - United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate. Joe Biden did not start his campaign as the “climate candidate.” But as he starts his second month as president, he is looking at everything through a climate lens – from jobs and infrastructure to international diplomacy, public health and social justice. “He really is a person who was engaged somewhat in climate, but I don't think it was as yet sort of ingrained into him,” said former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy. “Well, it is now!” McCarthy and Kerry are just two of the climate leaders that President Joe Biden has tapped to put his ambitious climate plan into action. In this program, we revisit conversations with these and other Climate One guests from the past year that have been named to prominent roles in the Biden-Harris administration. Speakers: Jay Inslee, Governor of Washington Gina McCarthy, Former President & CEO, NRDC Action Fund John Kerry, Former U.S. Senator and Former Secretary of State Sonia Aggarwal, Former Vice President of Energy, Energy Innovation Brian Deese, Former Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainable Investing, BlackRock Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:12.8

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0:23.0

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0:32.0

Who are the key players on Biden's climate team?

0:35.6

Climate One conversations feature all aspects of the climate emergency,

0:39.3

the individual and the systemic, the exciting and the scary,

0:42.3

people in power and those disempowered.

0:45.3

I'm Greg Dalton.

0:47.3

We now have a president that I believe has full-throated the effort of addressing climate and his engagement in it, and I'm really excited about it.

1:01.8

It is by far and away the most aggressive climate plan of any presidency.

1:06.8

Can it get better? Sure.

1:09.4

It's really putting the nation on a war footing to avoid the next pandemic,

1:15.6

and the next pandemic will be exacerbated by climate crisis,

1:19.6

and the way to get ahead of it is to prepare and make the decisions now.

1:25.6

Former EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy and former Secretary of State John Kerry are

1:30.5

two of the climate leaders that President Joe Biden has tapped to put his ambitious climate

1:35.0

plan into action.

1:36.4

Today we'll revisit conversations with McCarthy, Kerry and other Climate One guests from the

1:40.5

past year who have prominent roles in the Biden-Harris administration.

1:49.6

But first to look back at the early days of the 2020 presidential campaign. In the spring of 2019, there were still more than two dozen candidates jockeying for position in the crowded

1:54.5

Democratic field. But at the time, only Washington Governor Jay Inslee made climate the main theme

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