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What Does Success Look Like for a Climate Czar?

| Dec. 02, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden’s decision to create a new cabinet-level position for climate-related issues — and to choose so prominent a figure as former Secretary of State John Kerry to fill it — demonstrates Biden’s sincerity over putting climate at the very center of U.S. foreign policy. It is easy to understate the importance of this appointment, given the flurry of czars created by most new administrations.

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For Academic Citation: O'Sullivan, Meghan.“What Does Success Look Like for a Climate Czar?.” Bloomberg Opinion, December 2, 2020.

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Meghan O'Sullivan