On_PRP her_DPS third_ORD day_NN1 as_PRP the_AT0 Secretary_NN1 of_PRF Housing_NN1 and_CJC Urban_AJ0 Development_NN1 ,_PUN Marcia_NP0 Fudge_NN1 phoned_VVD the_AT0 White_AJ0 House_NN1 ._SENT She_PNP had_VHD taken_VVN over_PRP an_AT0 agency_NN1 with_PRP a_AT0 role_NN1 to_TO0 play_VVI addressing_VVG a_AT0 range_NN1 of_PRF crises_NN2 as_PRP the_AT0 lack_NN1 of_PRF affordable_AJ0 housing_NN1 in_PRP U.S._NP0 cities_NN2 has_VHZ left_VVN hundreds_CRD of_PRF thousands_CRD homeless_AJ0 and_CJC millions_CRD more_AV0 in_PRP financial_AJ0 straits_NN2 ._SENT She_PNP connected_VVD with_PRP Joe_NP0 Biden_NP0 's_POS climate_NN1 team_NN1 ._SENT Fudge_NN1 and_CJC Gina_NP0 McCarthy_NP0 ,_PUN Biden_NP0 's_POS national_AJ0 climate_NN1 adviser_NN1 ,_PUN talked_VVN about_PRP addressing_VVG climate_NN1 change_NN1 and_CJC the_AT0 affordable-­housing_AJ0 shortage_NN1 at_PRP the_AT0 same_DT0 time_NN1 ._SENT Three_CRD weeks_NN2 later_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 Administration_NN1 announced_VVD plans_NN2 to_TO0 provide_VVI for_PRP more_AV0 than_CJS 1_CRD million_CRD resilient_AJ0 and_CJC energy-­efficient_AJ0 housing_NN1 units_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ People_NN0 are_VBB actually_AV0 ,_PUN from_PRP every_AT0 agency_NN1 ,_PUN knocking_VVG on_PRP our_DPS doors_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ says_VVZ McCarthy_NP0 ,_PUN "_PUQ wondering_VVG how_AVQ they_PNP can_VM0 be_VBI part_NN1 of_PRF what_DTQ is_VBZ essentially_AV0 a_AT0 hopeful_AJ0 future_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
From_PRP her_DPS perch_NN0 in_PRP the_AT0 West_NN1 Wing_NN1 ,_PUN McCarthy_NP0 has_VHZ been_VBN charged_VVN by_PRP Biden_NP0 with_PRP overseeing_VVG a_AT0 dramatic_AJ0 shift_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 way_NN1 the_AT0 U.S._NP0 pursues_VVZ action_NN1 on_PRP climate_NN1 change_NN1 ._SENT Instead_AV0 of_PRF turning_VVG to_PRP a_AT0 select_AJ0 few_DT0 environment-­focused_AJ0 agencies_NN2 to_TO0 make_VVI climate_NN1 policy_NN1 ,_PUN McCarthy_NP0 and_CJC her_DPS office_NN1 are_VBB working_VVG to_TO0 infuse_VVI climate_NN1 considerations_NN2 into_PRP everything_PNI the_AT0 Administration_NN1 does_VDZ ._SENT The_AT0 task_NN1 force_NN1 she_PNP runs_VVZ includes_VVZ everyone_PNI from_PRP the_AT0 Secretary_NN1 of_PRF Defense_NN1 ,_PUN who_PNQ is_VBZ evaluating_VVG the_AT0 climate_NN1 threat_NN1 to_PRP national_AJ0 security_NN1 ,_PUN to_PRP the_AT0 Treasury_NN1 Secretary_NN1 ,_PUN who_PNQ is_VBZ working_VVG to_TO0 stem_VVI the_AT0 risk_NN1 that_CJT climate_NN1 change_NN1 poses_VVZ to_PRP the_AT0 financial_AJ0 system_NN1 ._SENT 
The_AT0 approach_NN1 "_PUQ affords_VVZ us_PNP the_AT0 opportunity_NN1 to_TO0 be_VBI more_AV0 than_CJS greenhouse-gas_AJ0 accountants_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ says_VVZ Ali_NP0 Zaidi_NP0 ,_PUN McCarthy_NP0 's_POS deputy_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ We_PNP can_VM0 tackle_VVI the_AT0 breadth_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 climate_NN1 challenge_NN1 and_CJC the_AT0 opportunity_NN1 if_CJS we_PNP map_VVB the_AT0 intersections_NN2 with_PRP housing_NN1 policy_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 intersection_NN1 with_PRP racial_AJ0 justice_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC the_AT0 intersection_NN1 with_PRP public_AJ0 health_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
For_PRP decades_NN2 ,_PUN the_AT0 idea_NN1 that_CJT climate_NN1 change_NN1 touches_VVZ everything_PNI has_VHZ grown_VVN behind_PRP the_AT0 scenes_NN2 ._SENT Leaders_NN2 from_PRP small_AJ0 island_NN1 countries_NN2 have_VHB pleaded_VVN with_PRP the_AT0 rest_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 world_NN1 to_TO0 notice_VVI how_AVQ climate_NN1 change_NN1 has_VHZ begun_VVN to_TO0 uproot_VVI their_DPS lives_NN2 ,_PUN in_PRP areas_NN2 from_PRP health_NN1 care_NN1 to_PRP schooling_NN1 ._SENT Social_AJ0 scientists_NN2 have_VHB crunched_VVN the_AT0 data_NN0 ,_PUN illuminating_VVG how_AVQ climate_NN1 change_NN1 will_VM0 ripple_VVI across_PRP society_NN1 ,_PUN contributing_VVG to_PRP a_AT0 surge_NN1 in_PRP migration_NN1 ,_PUN reduced_AJ0 productivity_NN1 and_CJC a_AT0 spike_NN1 in_PRP crime_NN1 ._SENT And_CJC advocates_NN2 and_CJC thinkers_NN2 have_VHB proposed_VVN everything_PNI from_PRP a_AT0 conscious_AJ0 move_NN1 to_PRP economic_AJ0 degrowth_NN1 to_PRP eco-capitalism_NN1 to_TO0 make_VVI climate_NN1 the_AT0 government_NN1 's_POS driving_AJ0 force_NN1 ._SENT 
Now_AV0 ,_PUN spurred_VVN by_PRP alarming_AJ0 science_NN1 ,_PUN growing_AJ0 public_AJ0 fury_NN1 and_CJC a_AT0 deadly_AJ0 pandemic_AJ0 ,_PUN government_NN1 officials_NN2 ,_PUN corporate_AJ0 bosses_NN2 and_CJC civil-society_NN1 leaders_NN2 are_VBB finally_AV0 waking_VVG up_AVP to_PRP a_AT0 simple_AJ0 idea_NN1 whose_DTQ time_NN1 has_VHZ come_VVN :_PUN climate_NN1 is_VBZ everything_PNI ._SENT It_PNP 's_VBZ out_AVP of_PRF this_DT0 recognition_NN1 that_CJT the_AT0 E.U._NP0 has_VHZ allocated_VVN hundreds_CRD of_PRF billions_CRD of_PRF euros_NN2 to_TO0 put_VVI climate_NN1 at_PRP the_AT0 center_NN1 of_PRF its_DPS economic_AJ0 plans_NN2 ,_PUN seemingly_AV0 unrelated_AJ0 activist_NN1 groups_NN2 have_VHB embraced_VVN environmental_AJ0 goals_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC investors_NN2 have_VHB flooded_VVN firms_NN2 advancing_VVG the_AT0 energy_NN1 transition_NN1 with_PRP trillions_CRD of_PRF dollars_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 world_NN1 is_VBZ crossing_VVG the_AT0 long-awaited_AJ0 political_AJ0 tipping_NN1 point_NN1 on_PRP climate_NN1 right_AV0 now_AV0 ,_PUN "_PUQ says_VVZ Al_NP0 Gore_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 former_DT0 U.S._NP0 Vice_NP0 President_NP0 who_PNQ won_VVD the_AT0 2007_CRD Nobel_NP0 Peace_NN1 Prize_NN1 for_PRP his_DPS climate_NN1 activism_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ We_PNP are_VBB seeing_VVG the_AT0 beginning_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 new_AJ0 era_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
The_AT0 course_NN1 of_PRF climatization_NN1 —_PUN the_AT0 process_NN1 by_PRP which_DTQ climate_NN1 change_NN1 will_VM0 transform_VVI society_NN1 —_PUN will_VM0 play_VVI out_AVP in_PRP the_AT0 coming_AJ0 years_NN2 in_PRP every_AT0 corner_NN1 of_PRF society_NN1 ._SENT Whether_CJS it_PNP leads_VVZ to_PRP a_AT0 more_AV0 resilient_AJ0 world_NN1 or_CJC exacerbates_VVZ the_AT0 worst_AJS elements_NN2 of_PRF our_DPS society_NN1 depends_VVZ on_PRP whether_CJS we_PNP adjust_VVB or_CJC just_AV0 stumble_VVB through_AVP ._SENT "_PUQ We_PNP are_VBB at_PRP the_AT0 point_NN1 where_AVQ climate_NN1 change_NN1 means_VVZ systems_NN2 change_NN1 —_PUN and_CJC almost_AV0 every_AT0 system_NN1 will_VM0 change_VVI ,_PUN "_PUQ says_VVZ Rachel_NP0 Kyte_NP0 ,_PUN dean_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 Fletcher_NP0 School_NN1 at_PRP Tufts_NN2 University_NN1 and_CJC a_AT0 longtime_AJ0 climate_NN1 leader_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ That_DT0 understanding_NN1 is_VBZ long_AV0 overdue_AJ0 ,_PUN but_CJC I_PNP do_VDB n't_XX0 think_VVI we_PNP know_VVI exactly_AV0 what_DTQ it_PNP means_VVZ yet_AV0 ._SENT It_PNP 's_VBZ a_AT0 moment_NN1 of_PRF maximum_AJ0 hope_NN1 ;_PUN it_PNP 's_VBZ also_AV0 a_AT0 moment_NN1 of_PRF high_AJ0 risk_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
The_AT0 basis_NN1 for_PRP human_AJ0 civilization_NN1 was_VBD laid_VVN roughly_AV0 10_CRD ,_PUN 000_CRD years_NN2 ago_AV0 when_CJS ,_PUN after_PRP tens_CRD of_PRF thousands_CRD of_PRF years_NN2 of_PRF unpredictable_AJ0 weather_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 earth_NN1 's_POS climate_NN1 stabilized_VVD :_PUN weather_NN1 extremes_NN2 became_VVD more_AV0 manageable_AJ0 ,_PUN and_CJC humans_NN2 began_VVD to_PRP practice_NN1 agriculture_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 global_AJ0 population_NN1 grew_VVD from_PRP fewer_DT0 than_CJS 10_CRD million_CRD people_NN0 10_CRD ,_PUN 000_CRD years_NN2 ago_AV0 to_PRP more_AV0 than_CJS 7.7_CRD billion_CRD today_AV0 ._SENT We_PNP have_VHB a_AT0 buzzing_AJ0 global_AJ0 economy_NN1 measured_VVN in_PRP dollars_NN2 and_CJC cents_NN2 ,_PUN but_CJC our_DPS economic_AJ0 system_NN1 has_VHZ failed_VVN to_TO0 account_VVI for_PRP the_AT0 role_NN1 a_AT0 stable_AJ0 climate_NN1 played_VVN in_PRP creating_VVG it_PNP ._SENT 
For_PRP decades_NN2 ,_PUN scientists_NN2 ,_PUN activists_NN2 and_CJC economists_NN2 have_VHB warned_VVN of_PRF growth_NN1 without_PRP concern_NN1 for_PRP the_AT0 consequences_NN2 ._SENT Simon_NP0 Kuznets_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 Nobel_NP0 Prize_NN1 –_PUN winning_VVG ­economist_NN0 who_PNQ conceptualized_VVD GDP_NN1 ,_PUN warned_VVN in_PRP the_AT0 1960s_CRD that_CJT "_PUQ distinctions_NN2 must_VM0 be_VBI kept_VVN in_PRP mind_NN1 between_PRP quantity_NN1 and_CJC quality_NN1 of_PRF growth_NN1 ,_PUN between_PRP its_DPS costs_NN2 and_CJC return_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ Gore_NP0 cautioned_VVD in_PRP his_DPS 1992_CRD book_NN1 ,_PUN Earth_NN1 in_PRP the_AT0 Balance_NN1 ,_PUN that_CJT humans_NN2 need_VVB to_TO0 make_VVI the_AT0 "_PUQ rescue_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 environment_NN1 the_AT0 central_AJ0 organizing_AJ0 principle_NN1 for_PRP civilization_NN1 "_PUQ or_CJC risk_NN1 losing_VVG everything_PNI ._SENT In_PRP 2006_CRD ,_PUN The_AT0 Stern_NN1 Review_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 groundbreaking_AJ0 report_NN1 from_PRP a_AT0 group_NN1 headed_VVN by_PRP former_DT0 World_NN1 Bank_NN1 chief_NN1 economist_NN1 Nicholas_NP0 Stern_NP0 ,_PUN found_VVD that_CJT climate_NN1 change_NN1 could_VM0 drive_VVI a_AT0 20_CRD %_NN0 decline_NN1 in_PRP global_AJ0 GDP_NN1 ._SENT And_CJC in_PRP 2014_CRD ,_PUN author_NN1 and_CJC activist_NN1 Naomi_NP0 Klein_NP0 wrote_VVD This_DT0 Changes_NN2 Everything_PNI ,_PUN arguing_VVG that_CJT climate_NN1 change_NN1 required_VVD a_AT0 reimagination_NN1 of_PRF our_DPS economy_NN1 ._SENT Still_AV0 ,_PUN for_PRP a_AT0 time_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 issue_NN1 remained_VVD a_AT0 marginal_AJ0 concern_NN1 for_PRP most_DT0 ._SENT 
Over_PRP the_AT0 past_AJ0 three_CRD years_NN2 ,_PUN that_DT0 has_VHZ begun_VVN to_TO0 change_VVI ,_PUN at_PRP first_ORD slowly_AV0 and_CJC then_AV0 suddenly_AV0 ._SENT In_PRP 2018_CRD ,_PUN the_AT0 U.N._NP0 climate-­science_NN1 body_NN1 published_VVD a_AT0 ­landmark_NN1 —_PUN and_CJC chilling_AJ0 —_PUN report_NN1 warning_NN1 of_PRF a_AT0 looming_AJ0 catastrophe_NN1 if_CJS the_AT0 world_NN1 did_VDD n't_XX0 accelerate_VVI the_AT0 pivot_NN1 to_PRP a_AT0 low-carbon_AJ0 economy_NN1 ._SENT Protesters_NN2 took_VVD to_PRP the_AT0 streets_NN2 around_PRP the_AT0 globe_NN1 ._SENT First_ORD in_PRP Sweden_NP0 and_CJC then_AV0 on_PRP the_AT0 global_AJ0 stage_NN1 ,_PUN Greta_NP0 Thunberg_NP0 decried_VVD the_AT0 pursuit_NN1 of_PRF growth_NN1 without_PRP concern_NN1 for_PRP looming_AJ0 catastrophe_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP the_AT0 U.S._NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 Sunrise_NN1 Movement_NN1 ,_PUN a_AT0 youth_NN1 activist_NN1 group_NN1 ,_PUN called_VVN for_PRP a_AT0 Green_AJ0 New_AJ0 Deal_NN1 that_CJT would_VM0 put_VVI climate_NN1 at_PRP the_AT0 center_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 American_AJ0 economy_NN1 ,_PUN melding_VVG action_NN1 on_PRP climate_NN1 change_NN1 with_PRP progressive_AJ0 priorities_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 climate_NN1 crisis_NN1 touches_VVZ virtually_AV0 every_AT0 part_NN1 of_PRF our_DPS lived_VVN experience_NN1 ,_PUN whether_CJS it_PNP 's_VBZ our_DPS health_NN1 ,_PUN or_CJC our_DPS jobs_NN2 and_CJC the_AT0 economy_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ Varshini_NP0 Prakash_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 Sunrise_NN1 Movement_NN1 co-founder_NN1 ,_PUN told_VVD TIME_NN1 in_PRP 2019_CRD ,_PUN calling_VVG the_AT0 Green_AJ0 New_AJ0 Deal_NN1 a_AT0 "_PUQ decades-long_AJ0 project_NN1 to_TO0 revitalize_VVI our_DPS economy_NN1 ,_PUN to_TO0 stop_VVI climate_NN1 change_NN1 and_CJC to_TO0 ensure_VVI racial_AJ0 and_CJC economic_AJ0 equity_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
When_CJS COVID-19_NP0 hit_VVD ,_PUN the_AT0 climate_NN1 conversation_NN1 at_PRP first_ORD took_VVD a_AT0 back_NN1 seat_NN1 as_PRP hospital_NN1 beds_NN2 filled_VVN ._SENT But_CJC in_PRP the_AT0 midst_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 crisis_NN1 ,_PUN interest_NN1 seemed_VVD only_AV0 to_TO0 grow_VVI as_PRP the_AT0 pandemic_AJ0 reminded_VVD people_NN0 of_PRF the_AT0 risk_NN1 of_PRF ignoring_VVG science_NN1 and_CJC the_AT0 world_NN1 's_POS interconnectedness_NN1 ._SENT Ahead_AV0 of_PRF the_AT0 U.S._NP0 presidential_AJ0 election_NN1 ,_PUN polls_NN2 showed_VVD American_AJ0 voters_NN2 more_AV0 concerned_AJ0 about_PRP climate_NN1 change_NN1 than_CJS ever_AV0 before_CJS ,_PUN and_CJC as_CJS the_AT0 pandemic_AJ0 devastated_AJ0 economies_NN2 ,_PUN leaders_NN2 around_PRP the_AT0 world_NN1 promised_VVD to_TO0 rebuild_VVI with_PRP climate_NN1 change_NN1 in_PRP mind_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ People_NN0 are_VBB suddenly_AV0 reflecting_VVG :_PUN What_DTQ kind_NN1 of_PRF society_NN1 ,_PUN what_DTQ kind_NN1 of_PRF world_NN1 ,_PUN what_DTQ kind_NN1 of_PRF economy_NN1 are_VBB we_PNP living_VVG in_PRP ?_SENT "_PUQ says_VVZ Achim_NP0 Steiner_NP0 ,_PUN head_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 U.N._NP0 Development_NN1 Programme_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ Climate_NN1 change_NN1 suddenly_AV0 has_VHZ become_VVN a_AT0 vehicle_NN1 of_PRF green_AJ0 recovery_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
Many_DT0 countries_NN2 have_VHB yet_AV0 to_TO0 match_VVI the_AT0 rhetoric_NN1 with_PRP action_NN1 ._SENT A_AT0 February_NP0 report_NN1 from_PRP the_AT0 U.N._NP0 found_VVD that_CJT emissions_NN2 would_VM0 decline_VVI just_AV0 1_CRD %_NN0 by_PRP 2030_CRD with_PRP nations_NN2 '_POS commitments_NN2 ,_PUN though_CJS that_DT0 estimate_NN1 notably_AV0 did_VDD n't_XX0 include_VVI countries_NN2 like_PRP the_AT0 U.S._NP0 that_CJT had_VHD yet_AV0 to_TO0 share_VVI their_DPS plans_NN2 ._SENT But_CJC the_AT0 understanding_NN1 that_CJT halting_AJ0 warming_NN1 will_VM0 require_VVI considering_PRP climate_NN1 across_PRP the_AT0 economy_NN1 is_VBZ now_AV0 all_AV0 but_CJC universally_AV0 accepted_VVN on_PRP the_AT0 global_AJ0 stage_NN1 ._SENT Unthinkable_AJ0 just_AV0 a_AT0 couple_NN1 of_PRF years_NN2 ago_AV0 ,_PUN political_AJ0 leaders_NN2 have_VHB bet_VVB their_DPS countries_NN2 '_POS economic_AJ0 futures_NN2 on_PRP climate-fighting_AJ0 measures_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ Action_NN1 on_PRP climate_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX0 only_AV0 necessary_AJ0 for_PRP the_AT0 future_NN1 of_PRF our_DPS lives_NN2 and_CJC livelihoods_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ says_VVZ Stern_NP0 ._SENT "_PUQ Climate_NN1 action_NN1 is_VBZ the_AT0 main_AJ0 engine_NN1 of_PRF growth_NN1 ;_PUN it_PNP 's_VBZ the_AT0 growth_NN1 story_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 21st_ORD century_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ 
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There_EX0 is_VBZ no_AT0 doubt_NN1 that_CJT the_AT0 sharpest_AJS turnaround_NN1 is_VBZ in_PRP the_AT0 U.S._NP0 ,_PUN where_AVQ a_AT0 President_NN1 who_PNQ denied_VVD climate_NN1 change_NN1 was_VBD replaced_VVN by_PRP one_PNI who_PNQ has_VHZ made_VVN it_PNP an_AT0 organizing_AJ0 principle_NN1 of_PRF economic_AJ0 policy_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 Biden_NP0 Administration_NN1 's_VHZ proposed_VVN $_NN0 2.65_CRD trillion_CRD infrastructure_NN1 package_NN1 ,_PUN intended_VVD to_TO0 lift_VVI the_AT0 U.S._NP0 out_AVP of_PRF its_DPS COVID-driven_AJ0 recession_NN1 ,_PUN calls_VVZ for_PRP $_NN0 174_CRD billion_CRD to_TO0 "_PUQ win_VVI "_PUQ the_AT0 electric_AJ0 vehicle_NN1 market_NN1 ,_PUN $_NN0 35_CRD billion_CRD for_PRP climate-related_AJ0 research_NN1 and_CJC development_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC $_NN0 100_CRD billion_CRD to_TO0 advance_VVI clean_AJ0 energy_NN1 on_PRP the_AT0 electric_AJ0 grid_NN1 ._SENT Even_AV0 aspects_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 plan_NN1 that_CJT seem_VVB unrelated_AJ0 to_PRP climate_NN1 —_PUN roads_NN2 and_CJC bridges_NN2 ,_PUN housing_NN1 and_CJC broadband_AJ0 —_PUN have_VHB a_AT0 climate_NN1 angle_NN1 ._SENT Transportation_NN1 infrastructure_NN1 will_VM0 be_VBI built_VVN with_PRP resilience_NN1 to_PRP climate_NN1 risks_NN2 ,_PUN new_AJ0 affordable_AJ0 housing_NN1 will_VM0 be_VBI energy-efficient_AJ0 ,_PUN and_CJC broadband_AJ0 will_VM0 aid_VVI low-carbon_AJ0 industries_NN2 ._SENT More_AV0 than_CJS half_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 spending_NN1 is_VBZ "_PUQ clean_AJ0 and_CJC climate-friendly_AJ0 ,_PUN "_PUQ according_VVG to_PRP a_AT0 World_NN1 Resources_NN2 Institute_NN1 analysis_NN1 ._SENT 
Crucially_AV0 ,_PUN a_AT0 slew_NN1 of_PRF initiatives_NN2 apart_AV0 from_PRP the_AT0 infrastructure_NN1 package_NN1 seek_VVB to_TO0 address_VVI the_AT0 economic_AJ0 costs_NN2 of_PRF climate_NN1 change_NN1 ._SENT Flood-insurance_NN1 premiums_NN2 are_VBB set_VVN to_TO0 rise_VVI to_TO0 reflect_VVI flood_NN1 vulnerability_NN1 ._SENT Financial_AJ0 regulators_NN2 have_VHB begun_VVN pushing_VVG new_AJ0 rules_NN2 to_TO0 require_VVI companies_NN2 to_TO0 disclose_VVI climate_NN1 risk_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP a_AT0 far-reaching_AJ0 move_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 Administration_NN1 is_VBZ calculating_VVG a_AT0 new_AJ0 figure_NN1 to_TO0 represent_VVI the_AT0 economic_AJ0 cost_NN1 of_PRF each_DT0 ton_NN1 of_PRF greenhouse-gas_AJ0 emissions_NN2 ._SENT That_DT0 figure_NN1 —_PUN which_DTQ could_VM0 double_VVI the_AT0 level_NN1 set_VVN by_PRP Obama_NP0 —_PUN will_VM0 inform_VVI government_NN1 spending_NN1 ,_PUN requiring_VVG the_AT0 rejection_NN1 of_PRF some_DT0 programs_NN2 in_PRP which_DTQ the_AT0 climate_NN1 costs_NN2 outweigh_VVB economic_AJ0 benefits_NN2 ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 output_NN1 of_PRF good_AJ0 economic_AJ0 policy_NN1 is_VBZ good_AJ0 climate_NN1 outcomes_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ says_VVZ Zaidi_NP0 ._SENT 
In_PRP the_AT0 E.U._NP0 ,_PUN top_AJ0 officials_NN2 recount_VVB awakening_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 need_NN1 to_TO0 embrace_VVI climate_NN1 change_NN1 as_PRP a_AT0 development_NN1 framework_NN1 while_CJS they_PNP prepared_VVD for_PRP the_AT0 2015_CRD climate_NN1 negotiations_NN2 that_CJT delivered_VVD the_AT0 Paris_NP0 Agreement_NN1 ._SENT As_CJS the_AT0 European_AJ0 Commission_NN1 —_PUN the_AT0 bloc_NN1 's_POS executive_AJ0 body_NN1 —_PUN searched_VVN for_PRP a_AT0 path_NN1 to_TO0 eliminate_VVI the_AT0 E.U._NP0 's_POS carbon_NN1 emissions_NN2 ,_PUN officials_NN2 convened_VVD a_AT0 process_NN1 in_PRP which_DTQ each_DT0 country_NN1 dug_VVD into_PRP its_DPS own_DT0 emissions_NN2 ._SENT They_PNP concluded_VVD that_CJT to_TO0 cut_VVI emissions_NN2 on_PRP the_AT0 scale_NN1 required_VVN meant_VVD incorporating_VVG climate_NN1 across_PRP all_DT0 facets_NN2 of_PRF government_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ It_PNP permeated_VVD down_AVP from_PRP the_AT0 top_AJ0 governmental_AJ0 level_NN1 to_PRP all_DT0 other_AJ0 departments_NN2 ,_PUN to_PRP the_AT0 societies_NN2 ,_PUN to_PRP the_AT0 industrial_AJ0 stakeholders_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ says_VVZ Maros_NP0 Sefcovic_NP0 ,_PUN a_AT0 vice_AJ0 president_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 European_AJ0 Commission_NN1 who_PNQ ran_VVD the_AT0 process_NN1 ._SENT 
Five_CRD years_NN2 later_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 COVID-19_NN1 pandemic_AJ0 has_VHZ given_VVN the_AT0 E.U._NP0 the_AT0 perfect_AJ0 opportunity_NN1 to_TO0 accelerate_VVI the_AT0 remaking_NN1 of_PRF its_DPS economic_AJ0 agenda_NN1 with_PRP climate_NN1 at_PRP its_DPS core_NN1 —_PUN what_DTQ Sefcovic_NP0 calls_VVZ the_AT0 "_PUQ new_AJ0 economy_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 21st_ORD century_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ The_AT0 European_AJ0 Commission_NN1 framed_VVD its_DPS pandemic-relief_AJ0 program_NN1 around_PRP a_AT0 so-called_AJ0 Green_AJ0 Deal_NN1 that_CJT aims_VVZ to_TO0 invest_VVI hundreds_CRD of_PRF billions_CRD of_PRF euros_NN2 in_PRP everything_PNI from_PRP zero-emission_AJ0 trains_NN2 to_PRP growing_AJ0 renewable-energy_AJ0 capacity_NN1 ._SENT But_CJC its_DPS true_AJ0 aims_NN2 are_VBB more_AV0 ambitious_AJ0 than_CJS any_DT0 line_NN1 item_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ If_CJS you_PNP want_VVB to_TO0 succeed_VVI ,_PUN you_PNP have_VHB to_TO0 successfully_AV0 transform_VVI all_DT0 sectors_NN2 ,_PUN "_PUQ says_VVZ Jeppe_NP0 Kofod_NP0 ,_PUN Denmark_NP0 's_POS Foreign_AJ0 Minister_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ I_PNP call_VVB it_PNP a_AT0 climate_NN1 union_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ A_AT0 successful_AJ0 centering_NN1 of_PRF climate_NN1 would_VM0 place_VVI the_AT0 E.U._NP0 at_PRP the_AT0 center_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 global_AJ0 economy_NN1 ,_PUN setting_VVG standards_NN2 for_PRP the_AT0 world_NN1 ._SENT 
Still_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 climatization_NN1 path_NN1 is_VBZ not_XX0 universal_AJ0 progress_NN1 ._SENT Countries_NN2 can_VM0 simultaneously_AV0 invest_VVI in_PRP a_AT0 clean_AJ0 economy_NN1 and_CJC continue_VVB to_TO0 prop_VVI up_AVP polluting_AJ0 industries_NN2 ._SENT In_PRP China_NP0 ,_PUN the_AT0 world_NN1 's_POS largest_AJS emitter_NN1 and_CJC second_ORD largest_AJS economy_NN1 ,_PUN officials_NN2 have_VHB made_VVN the_AT0 transition_NN1 away_AV0 from_PRP high-­carbon_AJ0 industries_NN2 central_AJ0 to_PRP development_NN1 ,_PUN spending_VVG hundreds_CRD of_PRF billions_CRD of_PRF dollars_NN2 to_TO0 build_VVI manufacturing_NN1 capacity_NN1 for_PRP electric_AJ0 vehicles_NN2 ,_PUN solar_AJ0 panels_NN2 and_CJC other_AJ0 clean-energy_AJ0 technology_NN1 ._SENT Recently_AV0 ,_PUN it_PNP has_VHZ focused_VVN on_PRP growing_AJ0 services_NN2 and_CJC the_AT0 Internet_NN1 ­economy_NN1 —_PUN rather_AV0 than_CJS carbon-heavy_AJ0 industry_NN1 ._SENT Still_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 country_NN1 continues_VVZ to_TO0 finance_VVI fossil-fuel_AJ0 development_NN1 abroad_AV0 ,_PUN potentially_AV0 leaving_VVG debtor_NN1 countries_NN2 stuck_VVN with_PRP coal_NN1 plants_NN2 and_CJC oil_NN1 pipelines_NN2 ._SENT In_PRP the_AT0 U.S._NP0 ,_PUN too_AV0 ,_PUN the_AT0 Biden_NP0 Administration_NN1 's_POS focus_NN1 on_PRP expanding_AJ0 clean_AJ0 energy_NN1 without_PRP a_AT0 more_AV0 targeted_AJ0 effort_NN1 to_TO0 shut_VVI down_AVP fossil_NN1 fuels_NN2 has_VHZ drawn_VVN criticism_NN1 from_PRP climate_NN1 advocates_NN2 while_CJS the_AT0 E.U._NP0 's_POS continued_AJ0 reliance_NN1 on_PRP natural_AJ0 gas_NN1 has_VHZ done_VDN the_AT0 same_DT0 across_PRP the_AT0 Atlantic_NP0 ._SENT 
These_DT0 differing_AJ0 approaches_NN2 to_PRP climatization_NN1 have_VHB created_VVN a_AT0 new_AJ0 vector_NN1 for_PRP collaboration_NN1 as_CJS well_AV0 as_CJS conflict_NN1 ._SENT One_CRD country_NN1 's_POS efforts_NN2 to_TO0 reduce_VVI emissions_NN2 only_AV0 matters_VVZ if_CJS the_AT0 whole_AJ0 world_NN1 moves_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC so_AV0 as_CJS countries_NN2 prioritize_VVB climate_NN1 change_NN1 in_PRP their_DPS own_DT0 economic_AJ0 planning_NN1 ,_PUN pressure_NN1 has_VHZ grown_VVN to_TO0 ensure_VVI others_NN2 follow_VVI suit_NN1 ._SENT The_AT0 E.U._NP0 has_VHZ begun_VVN the_AT0 process_NN1 of_PRF linking_VVG its_DPS climate_NN1 and_CJC trade_NN1 agendas_NN2 with_PRP a_AT0 tax_NN1 on_PRP high-carbon_AJ0 imports_NN2 ,_PUN penalizing_VVG countries_NN2 slow_AJ0 to_TO0 act_VVI on_PRP climate_NN1 change_NN1 ._SENT Biden_NP0 has_VHZ elevated_VVN the_AT0 issue_NN1 as_PRP a_AT0 diplomatic_AJ0 priority_NN1 ._SENT "_PUQ Every_AT0 dialogue_NN1 that_CJT we_PNP have_VHB we_PNP 're_VBB trying_VVG to_TO0 drive_VVI ambition_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ says_VVZ John_NP0 Kerry_NP0 ,_PUN Biden_NP0 's_POS climate_NN1 envoy_NN1 and_CJC a_AT0 former_DT0 U.S._NP0 Secretary_NN1 of_PRF State_NN1 ._SENT And_CJC many_DT0 of_PRF the_AT0 multilateral_AJ0 financial_AJ0 institutions_NN2 that_CJT fund_VVB economic_AJ0 programs_NN2 in_PRP developing_AJ0 countries_NN2 have_VHB required_VVN projects_NN2 to_TO0 adapt_VVI to_PRP new_AJ0 climate_NN1 realities_NN2 while_CJS addressing_VVG other_AJ0 needs_NN2 ._SENT 
