Last Saturday, it was announced that Joe Biden will be the 46th President of the United States. With a gain of 290 electoral votes, the former VP has secured victory for the democratic party. One of Biden’s biggest struggles he will face when in office will be climate change.

Lucky the President-elect already has a wide reaching plan to prevent the dangers of this climate crisis. Biden plans to introduce an overarching plan that will target the main offender which is greenhouse gas emissions. He plans to do with without Congressional aid and work with executive power alone. Biden will target infrastructure, create a new administration outside of the EPA to focus on climate change, and add climate action to the Federal Reserve with a carbon pricing policy.

These actions need to be taken quickly not only to undo the dangers the Trump administration allowed but to reach a net zero carbon goal. The overall temperature of the Earth has risen by 2 degree Celsius and will continue to rise without climate action. If this happens it will create a dangerous series of events like an increase in deadly storms, less access to water, costal flooding, and a decrease in food supply.

Joe Biden has an evasive climate plan that will be key to stopping the effects of climate change within the United States and the globe. If we are to avoid the dangerous of climate change this plan need to be put in place now.

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