Joe Biden's environmental agenda
US president-elect Biden is expected to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord early in his term.
US president-elect Biden is expected to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord early in his term. There could also be a move to cancel plans to build the Keystone oil pipeline, and we take stock of the Biden administration's likely environmental agenda. Also in the programme, mining giant Glencore has sold its stake in Zambia's Mopani copper mine for just one dollar, but the Zambian government which has bought it also has to take on around $1.5bn in debt. Irmgard Erasmus is senior financial economist at NKC African Economics, and gives us her take on the deal. The 大象传媒's Dougal Shaw meets two entrepreneurs who reimagined their way of doing business to accommodate the new reality of life under coronavirus lockdowns. Plus, amid concerns that people living in poorer countries may have to wait months or years to access a coronavirus vaccine, we find out more from Mesfin Teklu Tessema, head of the health unit at the International Rescue Committee.
(Picture: A protester holds up a sign against the Keystone pipeline. Picture credit: Getty Images.)
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