{"id":14004,"date":"2020-11-10T18:57:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-10T18:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/10\/ed-carr-coordinated-strategy-essential-for-biden-to-address-climate-change\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T14:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T18:10:22","slug":"ed-carr-coordinated-strategy-essential-for-biden-to-address-climate-change","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2020\/11\/10\/ed-carr-coordinated-strategy-essential-for-biden-to-address-climate-change\/","title":{"rendered":"Ed Carr: Coordinated strategy essential for Biden to address climate change"},"content":{"rendered":"\n            \n            <p class=\"intro news-subhead\">IDCE director publishes article on the need for transformational solutions<\/p>\n            <p><html><body><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>President-Elect Joe Biden will take office at a time when heatwaves, wildfires, and other extreme weather events are making tangible the risks and effects of global warming &mdash; and driving down the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lazard.com\/perspective\/levelized-cost-of-energy-and-levelized-cost-of-storage-2020\/\">costs of renewable energy<\/a>. Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.clarku.edu\/faculty\/facultybio.cfm?id=1037\">Edward Carr<\/a>, director of Clark&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/departments\/sustainability-social-justice\/\">Department of International Development, Community, and Environment<\/a>,&nbsp;says a coordinated strategy will be crucial for this administration to go beyond symbolic actions and bring about truly transformative change.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The day Joe Biden becomes president, he can start taking actions that can help slow climate change,&rdquo; Carr wrote in &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/bidens-climate-change-plans-can-quickly-raise-the-bar-but-can-they-be-transformative-149355\">Biden&rsquo;s climate change plans can quickly raise the bar, but can they be transformative?<\/a>&rdquo; on <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/global\">The Conversation<\/a>, a nonprofit, independent news organization that publishes articles written by academic experts for the general public.<\/p>\n<p>The success of these actions, however, depends largely on the president&rsquo;s approach, Carr adds. Biden must undertake a coordinated response that looks beyond what is politically possible in order to address the social and economic ramifications of climate change and the U.S. policy response.<\/p>\n<p>Carr examines what Biden can likely get done quickly, &ldquo;without having to rely on what&rsquo;s likely to be a divided Congress,&rdquo; as well as the transformational changes that will are necessary to slow global warming and protect the climate. &ldquo;Transformative solutions will have to address both the benefits and the costs, and provide a path to a healthy future for those facing the greatest losses. That means, for example, not just ending coal burning, a significant contributor to climate change, but also helping communities and workers transition from coal mining to new jobs and economic drivers that are healthier for the environment.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Along with IDCE, Carr is director of the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hurdl.org\/\" aria-label=\"go to the Humanitarian Response and Development Lab website\">Humanitarian Response and Development Lab<\/a>&nbsp;at the George Perkins Marsh Institute. He is currently the Climate Change Adaptation Adviser on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegef.org\/\" aria-label=\"Go to the Global Environmental Facility website\">Global Environmental Facility<\/a>&rsquo;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stapgef.org\/\" aria-label=\"Go to the website for the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel of the Global Environmental Facility\">Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel<\/a>&nbsp;and is a lead author for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/assessment-report\/ar6\/\">Working Group II of the current Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change<\/a>, which will be released in February.<\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IDCE director publishes article on the need for transformational 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