As a major new assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows, the race between climate change and emissions reductions remains tight. Kemal Derviş discusses the European Union’s proposed carbon border adjustment mechanism and whether it will actually help fight back the tide of climate change.
After intense negotiations, the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act passed the Senate this week. On the latest episode of The Current, Adie Tomer unpacks the enormous bill and explains how it will help tackle critical challenges like expanding broadband services and power infrastructure.
In June 2021, Twitter deleted one of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s tweets and temporarily suspended his account for breaking user rules on content that threatens or incites violence. Mary Blankenship and Christina Golubski discuss Buhari’s retaliatory decision to ban the platform and assess reactions from Twitter users.
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