The U.S. Is Back at the Table on Climate Change

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The big goal is to have everybody at the table come forward with stronger commitments. The united states said that it was going to amplify and enhance its initial target for cutting greenhouse gas omissions, essentially saying that they would cut in half relative to two thousand five levels by 20 30. Beyond just no reducing their omissions in the near term, there are rules that have to be sorted out about how they trade carbon across countries and across borders.

While world leaders have descended on Glasgow to try to figure out how to slow emissions in the future, New York magazine’s David Wallace-Wells argues rich countries like the United States should also atone for their polluting past.

Today’s show was produced by Will Reid and Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Cristian Ayala, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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