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What has the U.S. achieved at COP26 so far?

Episode Summary

The United States has made headlines at the U.N. Climate Conference for two different reasons. First, the U.S. and China moved closer to something resembling an agreement on Wednesday, issuing a joint statement of principles for climate cooperation. And, Biden administration climate envoy John Kerry said that the U.S. will phase out burning coal by the end of the decade. POLITICO’s Matt Daily explains both developments.

Episode Notes

The United States has made headlines at the U.N. Climate Conference for two different reasons. First, the U.S. and China moved closer to something resembling an agreement on Wednesday, issuing a joint statement of principles for climate cooperation. And, Biden administration climate envoy John Kerry said that the U.S. will phase out burning coal by the end of the decade. POLITICO’s Matt Daily explains both developments.
 

Annie Snider covers water issues for POLITICO Pro and is the host of POLITICO Energy. 

Matt Daily is an editor for POLITICO Pro.

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Raghu Manavalan is the host-producer of the Playbook Daily Briefing and a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.