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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.

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The Sustainability, Climate, and Geopolitics Program explores how climate change and the responses to it are changing international politics, global governance, and world security. Our work covers topics from the geopolitical implications of decarbonization and environmental breakdown to the challenge of building out clean energy supply chains, alternative protein options, and other challenges of a warming planet.

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Noah J. Gordon
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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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