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This article explores the potential challenges and backlash that may arise from climate policy and the energy transition in the United States. It highlights the influence of pocketbook issues and the impact of climate policy on the economy. The article also mentions the opposition to climate action, particularly in rural areas, and the need for effective communication and economic support to gain societal buy-in for climate policy. The importance of addressing economic challenges and dislocation caused by climate policy is emphasized. The article provides examples of initiatives and programs aimed at supporting communities and individuals affected by the transition. Overall, the article emphasizes the need for careful consideration and proactive measures to avoid a climate backlash. [Extracted from the article]

This article highlights the achievements of three individuals and a food-tech company. Ncuti Gatwa, a Scottish actor of Rwandan descent, has made history by becoming the first queer Black person to play the lead role in Doctor Who. Beth Koigi, a Kenyan entrepreneur, co-founded Majik Water to provide clean drinking water in arid regions. NotCo, a Chilean food-tech company, uses artificial intelligence to create plant-based food products that mimic the taste of animal-based foods. The company has experienced rapid growth and aims to focus on customer experience to make plant-based food mainstream. [Extracted from the article]

The article from TIME Magazine titled "Earth AWARDS 2024" recognizes individuals who are making significant contributions to sustainability and shaping a more sustainable future. Honorees include Jane Fonda, Robert D. Bullard, Gabriela Hearst, John Kerry, and Nemonte Nenquimo. The article highlights Fonda's activism and her involvement in organizing climate protests, as well as the importance of political action and individual commitment in addressing climate change. It also emphasizes the role of local leaders in creating climate plans and making communities more resilient. The perspectives of Fonda, Bullard, Hearst, and Kerry are featured, showcasing their dedication to climate action and equal access to resources. [Extracted from the article]

Michael Regan, the Secretary of Environmental Justice, is working to advance environmental justice with the help of the energy industry. He has been traveling across the country to address environmental issues, such as coal ash contamination and faulty wastewater treatment plants, in communities disproportionately affected by pollution. Regan aims to strike a balance between industry interests and the demands of environmental justice advocates, using a diplomatic approach to bring about change. He has implemented programs and allocated funds to address environmental justice concerns, but faces opposition from Republicans who view these efforts as wasteful. Regan's goal is to embed environmental justice into the work of the Environmental Protection Agency, regardless of political changes or court rulings. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the role of Sultan Al Jaber, the CEO of Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), in the upcoming U.N. climate conference (COP28) and the challenges he faces as an oil executive tasked with phasing down fossil fuels. Al Jaber acknowledges the need to reduce fossil fuel use but believes that the world is not yet ready to completely abandon oil and gas. He emphasizes the importance of private sector involvement and market-driven solutions in addressing climate change. Critics argue that Al Jaber's position represents a conflict of interest, but he maintains that his approach is based on realism and economic considerations. The success of COP28 and the broader efforts to fight climate change will depend on finding common ground between different stakeholders and changing the economic incentives for clean energy. [Extracted from the article]

Responding to Stricker at the energy gathering, a Texas energy-industry insider questioned whether the state's businesses were actually on board, then challenged the entire premise. Across the state, investments from new and incumbent players aim to make Texas a world leader in green hydrogen, a clean way to store renewable energy. The state is already the largest producer of renewable energy in the U.S. Clean-technology startups are flocking to the Houston region, and big energy companies are pursuing hydrogen projects across the state. [Extracted from the article]

At COP27, the annual U.N. climate conference held in November in Egypt, India lobbied for countries to agree to phase out "all fossil fuels" rather than just coal, an implicit challenge to the U.S. and other Western countries that are rich in oil. Jharia coalfield in Dhanbad, in the state of Jharkhand, is home to India's largest coal reserves. In this formulation, the U.S. and European countries have already far exceeded their limits; India, on the other hand, has contributed only 4% of global emissions since 1850, despite being home to 18% of the world's population, according to a 2019 U.N. report. For decades, electricity production and distribution in India was controlled by state-owned enterprises, from state-owned coal mines to state-owned power plants to the state-owned grid. [Extracted from the article]

The annual U.N. climate conference - known this year as COP27, and to be held this November in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - offers an opportunity to embrace the reality that when it comes to climate, helping poorer countries helps everybody. Kerry has publicly committed the U.S. to advancing policy on loss and damage at COP27 and said the U.S. will double down on climate funding initiatives in the Global South. The next day, Biden committed the U.S. to contributing more than $11 billion annually to climate initiatives for developing countries; climate advocates from the Global South dismissed it as the bare minimum. Developed countries, most prominently the U.S. and European nations, are responsible for 79% of historic emissions despite being home to just a fraction of the global population. [Extracted from the article]

The EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) has committed $27 billion to support community climate and clean-energy projects. The funding will accelerate local solar and residential energy efficiency projects, particularly in low-income areas and communities of color. The GGRF aims to spark financial innovation and encourage private sector investment in local projects. The fund is divided into three subprograms that fund independent nonprofit organizations responsible for putting the money to work. The GGRF hopes to attract $7 from the private sector for every $1 of public money deployed. [Extracted from the article]

Regardless of climate concerns, investors across the board fretted about the dismal financial performance of oil and gas - the industry was failing to make money and needed to be disrupted. Indeed, when the price of oil declined and profits waned in the mid-2010s - thanks to widespread deployment of fracking and horizontal drilling - the industry all of a sudden became vulnerable to pushes for change. AT The end of The firsT quArTer of 2021, as the CEOs of the three biggest U.S. oil and gas companies presented their firms' earnings, investors fired off a range of questions about how they were addressing climate change. [Extracted from the article]

Across the Biden Administration, and around the world, government officials have increasingly focused their attention on the private sector - treating companies not just as entities to regulate but also as core partners. Just 100 global companies were responsible for 71% of the world's greenhouse- gas emissions over the past three decades, according to data from CDP, a nonprofit that tracks climate disclosure, and pushing the private sector to step up is already showing dividends. "I am convinced, unless the private sector buys into this, there won't be a sufficient public-sector path created, because the private sector has the power to prevent that", Kerry told me in September. BUSINESS ON A BRISK MONDAY IN HOUSTON IN EARLY March, dozens of protesters gathered across the street from the giant Hilton hotel hosting CERA Week, the energy industry's hallmark annual conference. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the impact of interest rates on renewable energy projects. Clean energy projects have higher upfront costs but are cheaper to run in the long term compared to fossil fuel projects. A 2-percentage-point increase in interest rates could lead to a 20% increase in the levelized cost of electricity (LCOE) for renewables, while natural gas power plants would only see an 11% increase. Despite the challenges posed by high interest rates, renewable energy remains a good bet in many locations and is necessary for meeting climate targets. Policymakers may need to explore new ways to support clean energy financing and reduce the cost of renewables. [Extracted from the article]

Kenyan President William Ruto has become a prominent figure in Africa's climate ambitions, hosting a summit in Nairobi that resulted in a unanimous agreement among African countries to expand renewable energy. Ruto has also called for lenders to alleviate the debt burden faced by some African countries, allowing for investment in climate solutions. However, Ruto faces challenges at home, including protests against the rising cost of living and allegations of judicial interference. To continue making progress internationally, Ruto will need to address these domestic challenges. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the emergence of climate change mitigation efforts as a wedge issue in San Diego County, California. San Diego Republicans used the proposed road-usage fee which would charge people for every mile they drive to promote the party. It describes the dilemma facing climate-minded politicians in light of the unpopularity among voters of initiatives that will raise fuel prices. Republican activist Carl DeMaio explains the political value of the road-usage fee.

The article features John Kerry, climate envoy of U.S. President Joseph Biden. Kerry believes that reason will prevail in discussions about various conflicts that might affect the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) in Scotland. According to Kerry, the climate fight is about advocating for a reasonable response by governance to the issue. Also noted is his interest in environmental issues from the beginning of his political career.

The article discusses the agenda for the 26th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) to be held in Glasgow, Scotland in November 2021. The overall goal of the summit is to reduce the rising global temperature. One of the key agenda is improving the relationship of human beings with nature. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson will lead the effort to foster collaboration between businesses and civil society.

Time 100/AI Innovators Pelonomi Moiloa didn't originally intend to work in AI. Lilly Wachowski FILMMAKER In 1999, Wachowski and her sister Lana co-created The Matrix, which warned of an AI dystopia that had an outsize effect on AI philosophers and researchers. Rootport AUTHOR OF JAPANESE MANGA Despite a lack of drawing skills, the 37-year-old Tokyo-based writer got the world's first fully AI-illustrated manga published earlier this year - with text-to-image generative AI as his digital art partner. [Extracted from the article]

Hinton, 76, has spent his career trying to build AI systems that model the human brain, mostly in academia before joining Google in 2013. The neural networks that Hinton was instrumental in developing and popularizing are now the dominant AI-development paradigm, one that has allowed huge amounts of data to be ingested and processed, leading to advances in image recognition, language understanding, and self-driving cars. Time 100/AI Thinkers Over the course of February, Geoffrey Hinton, one of the most influential AI researchers of the past 50 years, had a "slow eureka moment.". [Extracted from the article]

Time 100/AI Innovators Ted Chiang is perhaps the world's most celebrated living science-fiction author. "But I don't want to say science fiction should have any other priorities beyond being good art." Chiang also balks at the suggestion that deflating the unlikely tales spun by technologists gives him "any kind of moral authority." Like many science-fiction authors, Chiang has written in his short stories about artificial beings with conscious inner worlds. [Extracted from the article]

Dan Hendrycks EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR AI SAFETY Alongside his work at CAIS, Hendrycks advises Elon Musk's new AI venture, xAI, on safety. Margrethe Vestager EVP, EUROPEAN COMMISSION The Danish politician has spent the past two years spearheading the E.U.'s Artificial Intelligence Act, which stands to become the world's first comprehensive AI law. Verity Harding DIRECTOR OF THE AI AND GEOPOLITICS PROJECT, CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY The British politico turned AI expert is leading a campaign to pursue a "rights-based" approach to AI governance that includes not just the people building AI, but also those who stand to be most impacted by it. [Extracted from the article]

Marc Andreessen ENTREPRENEUR AND INVESTOR Through his fund Andreessen Horowitz, the Silicon Valley billionaire has invested hundreds of millions into AI firms like OpenAI and Character.AI. Sam Altman CEO, OPENAI Altman's decision to gradually release OpenAI's cutting-edge AI tools, including ChatGPT, has reshaped the world of tech and rocketed AI policy up the political agenda. Time 100/AI Leaders Greg Brockman spends around 80% of his working hours coding. [Extracted from the article]

Dario, 40, and Daniela, 36 - CEO and president, respectively - believe they are taking a safer and more responsible approach to AI alignment than other companies building cutting-edge AI systems. Anthropic's leaders are notably less outspoken than other AI luminaries about the potential benefits that AI could bring to humanity's future. Time 100/AI Leaders As siblings go, Dario and Daniela Amodei agree more than most. [Extracted from the article]

Hundreds of billions of dollars in tax incentives will bring down the cost of clean energy, spurring companies to decarbonize. But even as we remake the global economy, the human cost of climate change will grow quickly too. The dollar cost runs to the trillions: Africa loses up to 15% of annual GDP because of climate change, and could lose 30% in the coming decades, according to the Africa Development Bank. [Extracted from the article]

Less than three weeks later, Democratic Senators walked off the Senate floor in celebration after passing the Inflation Reduction Act, the most significant climate legislation in U.S. history. The Brief Opener In July, a pair of Senators gathered reporters in the U.S. Capitol to deliver a message to President Joe Biden: it's time to declare a climate emergency. President Barack Obama supported congressional efforts to pass cap-and-trade legislation endorsed by Big Business; when the bill sputtered in the Senate after being passed by the House, climate advocates learned they would need to foster grassroots support to get legislation across the finish line. [Extracted from the article]

The article reports on the shift of the automobile industry to electric vehicles from internal combustion engine to reduce emissions, protect the environment and mitigate climate change. Also cited are the possible benefits and disadvantages of electric-vehicle manufacturing in the U.S., and the policy of the administration of President Joe Biden to focus on electric vehicles and new vehicle-efficiency standards.

The article discusses the real threats posed by climate change that are already seen in every region in the world as of August 2021. Other topics include the warning issued by the United Nations (UN) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on the possible catastrophic and irreversible effects of climate change, as well as some natural disasters like the flooding in Germany and the drought and heat waves in Central America.

The article discusses how the collapse of the 13-story Champlain Towers South building in June 2021 raised fears of climate change risks, particularly among residents in Miami, Florida. Topics include risk facing U.S. homes due to rising seas based on real estate site Zillow, and the Risky Business Project studies showing that 15-23 billion dollars worth of properties in Florida could be underwater by 2050.

The article recommends 40 actionable steps to promote real political, social and economic equity in the U.S. Among the recommendations are voting in federal and local elections, ending family detention for immigrant families, enacting universal health care, paying workers fair wages, and integrating schools. Also cited are the suggestions by individuals like activist Ady Barkan, author Minda Harts and leadership expert Vivian Hunt.

The article discusses the continuous purchase of houses at risk of fire and flood by U.S. citizens. It relates, as an example, the case of Anna Zimmerman whose house located in South Carolina had been affected by flooding in 2015. It reveals how people and mortgage companies still express their interest in the property despite knowing of its flood risk. It also mentions the fact that homes vulnerable to flooding, wildfires and storms will be more exposed as the effects of climate change worsen.

The article explores the idea of climatization, the process by which climate change will transform society. It discusses the idea that climate change is connected to everything with data from social scientists indicating how it will contribute to a surge in migration, reduced productivity and rise in crime rates. It cites the pledge of world leaders to rebuild considering climate change as the pandemic affected economies.

Jacqui Patterson, founder of the Chisholm Legacy Project, is recognized as one of TIME Magazine's Women of the Year for her work in fighting injustice. Inspired by the town of Sandbranch, Texas, where residents lacked basic amenities like running water, Patterson launched her organization to address the intersection of environmental problems, poverty, racial discrimination, and gender inequality. She believes that marginalized communities facing systemic injustices are often overlooked by traditional nonprofits. Patterson's approach, influenced by her experiences in various social justice movements, aims to unite fragmented social movements and ensure that climate investments benefit marginalized communities. [Extracted from the article]

New analyses suggest that carbon emissions are diverging from economic growth in many countries, challenging the belief that addressing climate change means accepting lower growth. The Rhodium Group found that US carbon emissions dropped slightly even as the economy grew, largely due to the shift away from coal power. The International Energy Agency also showed that GDP has grown while emissions drop in developed countries like the US, Europe, Japan, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand. While the decoupling of emissions from economic growth is not happening quickly enough, accelerating it could create opportunities for new innovations across industries and technologies. [Extracted from the article]

Chinese automakers, particularly BYD, are emerging as significant competitors in the global electric vehicle (EV) market, surpassing Tesla as the world's largest producer of EVs. With plans to expand in the European market, Chinese EV makers offer cheaper options compared to their European and American counterparts. This rise in the Chinese auto industry is a crucial part of the energy transition, potentially impacting the value of Western exports. China's strategic decisions and substantial investments in clean technology, including EVs, have positioned Chinese companies to internationalize and dominate the market. The lesson here is that companies in other sectors should not ignore the energy transition if they want to succeed. [Extracted from the article]

The article discusses the agenda that should be advanced by U.S. President Joe Biden in his first 100 days in office as of January 2021 to address the challenges facing the country like the COVID-19 pandemic, economic recession, climate change and high unemployment. Also cited are the strategies used by former Franklin Delano Roosevelt to tackle recession in the 1930s, and Biden's latest actions like rejoining the Paris Agreement and World Health Organization.

The article features the selection of racial-justice organizes as the Guardians of the Year by the magazine "Time" for 2020. They have encouraged millions of people to stage protests to demand an end to institutional racism and injustice in the U.S. They have organized Black Lives Matter rallies, vigils and marches across the country and have tried to turn U.S. history into a campaign issue in 2020.

The article focuses on Green Deal of the European Union (EU) aimed at combatting the threat of climate change. Topics discussed include amount the EU plans to spend on a Green Deal aimed at eliminating the bloc's carbon footprint by 2050 and refashioning the economy around new, low-carbon industries, remarks from Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, and impact of the Green Deal on Poland's coal industry.

The article reports on the support of the larger climate movement to the fight against environmental racism. Topics discussed include efforts by environmental-justice advocates in the U.S. to highlight the environmental risks faced by communities of color, the realization made by environmental activists that they need a big coalition to pass legislation, and the urgency of tackling racism and global warming at the same time.

The article reports on the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global effort by governments and private companies to cut emissions to prevent climate catastrophe. Topics discussed include several significant developments that were made in terms of reducing carbon dioxide emissions, the estimated amount to be spent by countries to reduce the economic damage from the pandemic, and an outlook for a climate change policy under the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

The article discusses the need to end systemic racism in the U.S. and around the world. Also cited are the protests across the U.S. to denounce racism and the murder of African American George Floyd by the police, the adverse economic, physical and emotional effects of alleged racist policies to African Americans in the country, and the growing number of Americans who call for reform like former President George W. Bush and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

The article provides an overview of the condition in China as it tries to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic by gradually reopening its closed structures as of May 25, 2020. Topics discussed include the reopening of Shanghai Disneyland theme park on May 11, impact of the epidemic on the country's economic condition, and the comparison of policy between China and the U.S.

The article discusses the problem of lack of access to clean and safe water by many poor people and minority communities in the U.S. Topics covered include data from the Environmental Protection Agency showing that more than 30 million Americans lived in areas where water systems violated safety rules in 2019, a report card from the American Society of Civil Engineers giving the nation's drinking-water infrastructure a rating of D in 2017, and the government's inaction to this ongoing crisis.

The article reports on the impact of the climate-change crisis on the operation of oil-and-gas companies such as Royal Dutch Shell as of January 2020. Topics discussed include the role of Shell in Dutch politics and the global economies, potential shift in the use of gas and oil in the midst of issues around climate change and its impact on the oil-and-gas industry, and views of Shell chief executive Ben van Beurden on the pressure to abandon oil and gas operations.

The article discusses the efforts and works of environmental activist Greta Thunberg to save the environment. Topics discussed include her journey from Lisbon, Portugal to Madrid, Spain for a United Nations climate conference in which she shares her thoughts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as temperatures are continuously rising.

The article offers brief profiles of leaders included in "Time" magazine's Next 100 list for 2019. They include Carlos Alvarado Quesada, Lauren Underwood, and Dan Crenshaw. Also mentioned are Pete Buttigieg, Elise Stefanik, Aly Raisman, Edward Leung, Tabata Amaral, Ayman Odeh, Vanessa Luna, and Rafaela Requesens.

The article features several innovators included in "Time" magazine's Next 100 list for 2019. They include Emily Weiss, Tristan Walker, and Paula Jofre. Also mentioned are Audrey Gelman, Nite Yun, Nat Turner, Zach Weinberg, Brian Armstron, Lilly Singh, Jess Morales, Rocketto, and Kotchakorn Voraakhom.

And is this the right place?" Ibrahim, 53, describes DeepMind, which was acquired by Google in 2014 and merged with Google Brain in April, as a blend of startup, academic lab, and global tech behemoth. Time 100/AI Leaders In 2017, Lila Ibrahim spent more than 50 hours interviewing for her current role as chief operating officer at Google DeepMind. Years at Intel, VC firm Kleiner Perkins, and ed-tech startup Coursera were her foundation for managing DeepMind's day-to-day operations, and leading the company's responsibility and governance work. [Extracted from the article]

Paul Christiano FOUNDER, ALIGNMENT RESEARCH CENTER Christiano, who researches ways to ensure AI systems don't go rogue, left OpenAI to found an organization that tests whether AI systems are really ready for the public. Time 100/AI Thinkers In the first class of the introductory AI course that Yi Zeng took as a sophomore in Beijing, the professor screened Steven Spielberg's 2001 film A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Arvind Narayanan and Sayash Kapoor PROFESSOR AND PH.D. CANDIDATE, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY On their blog AI Snake Oil, the two specialize in pouring cold water on AI hype. [Extracted from the article]

Raji, 27, was helping the startup train a content-moderation model intended to filter out explicit images, but noticed that the model was disproportionately flagging nonexplicit content containing people of color. So Raji shifted her focus toward research, and how AI companies could ensure that their models do not cause undue harm - especially among populations that are likely to be overlooked during the development process. Time 100/AI Thinkers In 2017, while interning at the machine-learning company Clarifai, Inioluwa Deborah Raji had an alarming realization. [Extracted from the article]

Time 100/AI Thinkers In early August, some 4,000 hackers gathered in Las Vegas. Until Elon Musk fired her, she was the head of Twitter's machine-learning ethics team, where she led research that found the company's AI disproportionately boosted right-wing news sources during the 2020 U.S. elections. Chowdhury knows the dangers of AI better than most. [Extracted from the article]