{"id":17666,"date":"2021-02-20T10:49:28","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T18:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=17666"},"modified":"2021-02-20T10:49:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-20T18:49:29","slug":"the-us-is-back-in-the-paris-agreement-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/02\/20\/the-us-is-back-in-the-paris-agreement-whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"THE US IS BACK IN THE PARIS AGREEMENT. WHAT\u2019S NEXT?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/john_kerry_and_al_gore_the_us_is_back_in_the_paris_agreement_what_s_next\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>John Kerry and Al Gore|Countdown<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>February 2021 (ted.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/john_kerry_and_al_gore_the_us_is_back_in_the_paris_agreement_what_s_next?utm_source=newsletter_daily&amp;utm_campaign=daily&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=button__2021-02-19\"><strong>Details<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On his first day as president, Joe Biden signed a letter of acceptance that set in motion the 30-day process for the United States to re-join the Paris Agreement on climate. On the day the US returns to the accord, John Kerry, the US Special Envoy for Climate, sits down with Nobel Laureate Al Gore to discuss the make-or-break decade ahead of us. Listen as Kerry lays out how the US fits into the global plan to get to net-zero emissions, explains why the COP26 UN climate conference could be humanity\u2019s \u201clast best hope\u201d to build international momentum and explores the role of business and youth activists in promoting environmental justice. (This interview features an introduction from Christiana Figueres, the principal architect of the Paris Agreement.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ABOUT THE SPEAKERS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/john_kerry?\"><strong>John&nbsp;Kerry<\/strong>&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;Special Presidential Envoy for ClimateJohn F. Kerry is the United States\u2019s first Special Presidential Envoy for Climate.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/al_gore?\"><strong>Al&nbsp;Gore<\/strong>&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;Climate advocateNobel Laureate Al Gore focused the world\u2019s attention on the global climate crisis.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/speakers\/christiana_figueres?\"><strong>Christiana&nbsp;Figueres<\/strong>&nbsp;\u00b7&nbsp;Stubborn optimistChristiana Figueres is an internationally recognized leader on global climate change.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Kerry and Al Gore|Countdown February 2021 (ted.com) Details On his first day as president, Joe Biden signed a letter of acceptance that set in motion the 30-day process for the United States to re-join the Paris Agreement on climate. On the day the US returns to the accord, John&#8230; <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2021\/02\/20\/the-us-is-back-in-the-paris-agreement-whats-next\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17666"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17667,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17666\/revisions\/17667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}