Rays of Hope in the Climate Struggle

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By Christiana Figueres, Former Executive Secretary, UNFCC: Occasionally, a pleasant political surprise encourages policymakers and activists to press on in the fight against global warming.

A pleasant political surprise encourages policymakers and activists to press on in the fight against global warming. The recent passage of the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which will accelerate America’s clean-energy transition, is a case in point. We have experienced similar uplifting moments before. In the months following the adoption of the 2015 Paris climate agreement, the United States and China announced a joint plan to slash emissions that helped pave the geopolitical path to that historic deal.