How the US election could change our climate - The Global Story podcast, BBC World Service

In the second of our pre-election series we look at America and... climate change. How could Kamala Harris or Donald Trump shape the global response to the climate crisis? Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM As one of the world’s largest producers of fossil fuels and carbon emissions, the US plays a pivotal role in addressing climate change. The environmental policies of the next president could reshape American industry and the economy, while influencing the global fight against climate change. Sumi Somaskanda speaks to the BBC’s climate editor Justin Rowlatt and Carl Nasman, who covers US climate issues for the BBC. Watch more episodes of The Global Story here 👉🏽 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4dvK8UQS79GwGLDl94Z3gkt 00:00 Introduction 01:13 Climate change is affecting more Americans 03:12 How Trump and Harris speak about climate change 04:44 Kamala Harris' climate policy tightrope 05:30 Donald Trump's likely climate policies 07:37 Green jobs in the United States 09:49 The global impact of American policy 10:22 Comparing Biden administration to Trump's first term 12:24 Climate summit to be held just six days after election 13:19 What voters think about climate policy 14:23 Could it be too late? You can listen to more episodes of The Global Story here. Making sense of the news with our experts around the world. Insights you can trust, Monday to Friday, from the BBC 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w13xtvsd/episodes/downloads ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽 https://www.instagram.com/bbcworldservice Twitter 👉🏽 https://twitter.com/bbcworldservice Facebook 👉🏽 https://facebook.com/bbcworldservice BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService