Guest Editorial: What Does Being Bold on Climate Look Like Locally?

by Emily JohnstonPresident Trump has withdrawn the US from the Paris climate accord. But regional efforts to stabilize the climate locally aren't ambitious enough. prosiaczeq/Getty
A year and a half ago, the nations of the world agreed on a goal of keeping warming to less than a 1.5 degree Celsius temperature rise over pre-industrial averages. At current levels of warming (about 1.2 degrees), we’ve already seen widespread destruction—unprecedented and deadly typhoons, wildfires, heat