With mere months until President-elect Trump's inauguration, Biden administration officials are in a race against time to safeguardtheir goals and achievements.
Why it matters: For President Biden — who sought to secure a legacy as the most progressive president since FDR — Trump's second term in the White House threatens to undermine many of his signature achievements.
Negotiations at the UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, enter their second week today with a slew of unfinished agenda items.
Why it matters: A failure to arrive at a new and far-reaching annual funding target for climate funding directed at the developing world — which climate impacts are hitting the hardest — could have knock-on effects for years.
President Biden, as he became the first sitting president to visit the Amazon rainforest on Sunday, touted leaving President-elect Trump the "most significant climate change law."
Why it matters: Biden appeared to acknowledge Trump's pledge to roll back some of his climate initiatives, saying: "I will leave my successor and my country with a strong foundation to build on if they choose to do so. It's true, some may seek to deny or delay the clean energy revolution that's underway in America, but nobody, nobody can reverse it."
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