Paper
Noah Gordon, Liana Schmitter-Emerson
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REQUIRED IMAGE
In The Media
Why US-China Rivalry Can Actually Help Fight Climate Change
But climate change is also a bit like the race to put a man on the moon, where the Americans and Soviets competed, with the full force of their governments and scientific-industrial bases, to achieve something for the sake of their own glory and power.
By Noah Gordon
Published on Mar 24, 2023
About the Author
Noah Gordon
Fellow, Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program and Fellow, Europe Program
Noah J. Gordon is a fellow in the Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, DC.
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