‘This money will change the US&#82 • Table.Briefings

Gina McCarthy, White House Climate Advisor until 2022.

Gina McCarthy served as climate advisor to US President Joe Biden and as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Barack Obama. She was a key contributor to the Inflation Reduction Act. As a guest of honor at the American Academy in Berlin, she speaks about the strength of national and the weakness of international climate policy in the United States.

Ms. McCarthy, the US is often highly ambitious on national climate action under Democratic presidents, as it is now under Joe Biden. Why is that different on the international stage?

‘This money will change the US’

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