Power Play

The politics of climate change are frozen in Washington. But beyond the Beltway, action on climate is heating up faster than ever. And you don’t have to look far to find it. As America walks away from the Paris climate agreement, cities, states and big companies are throwing their weight behind climate solutions — setting ambitious policy and investing hundreds of billions of dollars. 

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Interviews include: 

Mike Bloomberg, the former Mayor of New York City

Carl Pope, the former Executive Director of the Sierra Club

Ed Skyler, the Executive Vice President for Global Public Affairs at Citi 

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Even if nations live up to the commitments they made in the Paris climate agreement, the world will still grow warmer. What will melting sea ice and continued drought mean for the balance of global power? Interviews include:

·      Sherri Goodman, senior fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center Polar Institute·      Simon Dalby, professor of geography and environmental studies at Wilfrid Laurier University·      Gary Litman, vice president for global initiatives at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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Driven by a public clamoring for action and pressure from corporate CEOs, lawmakers are noting an evolution in attitudes toward climate action among some of their Republican colleagues – a subtle but significant shift in tone that could pave the way for modest legislation this year. Guests include:Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL)Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE)Catherine McKenna, Canada’s first foreign minister for climate and the environment Dan Byers, U.S. Chamber of Commerce

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Call it the China climate paradox. Often considered the bogeyman of global climate diplomacy, China is making greater and faster strides than expected away from fossil fuels, all part of a long-term economic strategy to dominate in critical technologies.

POLITICO's Luiza Ch. Savage, Matt Daily, Darren Samuelsohn and Ryan Heath unpack what that means for the U.S. and other nations. Interviews include:Jonathan Pershing, former U.S. special envoy for climate change and a key negotiator in the Paris climate agreementBarbara Finamore, senior strategic director for Asia at the NRDCCatherine McKenna, Canada’s first foreign minister for climate and the environmentJulie Cerqueira, executive director of the U.S. Climate Alliance

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Social media firms say governments risk cleaving the global internet if they overdo rules for the platforms. And one member of Congress worries some of his colleagues are too technologically illiterate to even get the rules right. So how are governments and regulators responding to misinformation, disinformation and hateful content online?

Interviews include:

·      Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif.

·      Věra Jourová, European commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality 

·      Paris Martineau, journalist

·      Heidi Tworek, University of British Columbia

·      Joshua Tucker, New York University

·      Nick Pickles, global senior strategist for public policy at Twitter

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Artificial intelligence is poised to transform the world. And just as Sputnik's launch brought fears of a foreign power's mastery of technology, the anxiety behind this battle for control of artificial intelligence is driven by fears of what an authoritarian power could do with it.

Interviews include:

·      John Everett, director of the Information Innovation Office, DARPA

·      Wendy Hall, co-author of the UK’s AI strategy

·      Elsa Kania, senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security

·      Lynne Parker, assistant director of artificial intelligence at the White House office of science and technology policy

·      Elissa Strome, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

·      Amy Webb, NYU Stern School of Business

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The dominance of the Chinese tech firm Huawei in 5G and its close relationship with the Chinese government are seen as a dire threat to America and its allies, and they're animating the Trump administration's demands to block the company from building internet infrastructure in western democracies. 

Interviews include:

·      Zen Soo, South China Morning Post·      FCC Chairman Ajit Pai·      German MP Peter Beyer·      Robert Strayer, deputy assistant secretary of State for cyber·      Laura Dawson, director of the Canada Institute at the Wilson Center·      Yasheng Huang, MIT Sloan School of Business

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Companies and foreign governments are scrambling to adjust to a world in which tariffs could escalate and the very foundations of world trading rules are in doubt. And there is fear they’ll be forced to take sides between the reigning global superpower and its rising rival.

Interviews include:

·      Caroline Freund, director of trade, regional integration and investment climate and the World Bank ·      Tom Lix, CEO of Cleveland Whiskey·      Dan Ujzco, international trade and customs attorney with Dickinson Wright·      Goldy Hyder, president and CEO of the Business Council of Canada·      James Bacchus, former chief judge of WTO appellate body·      Lawrence Lau, professor of economics at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

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