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National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy delivers remarks in front of electric vehicles during a visit to Brandywine Maintenance Facility in Brandywine Maryland, on Monday, December 13, 2021. Harris announced the Biden-Harris administration s Electric Vehicle Charging Action Plan , which will establish a joint electric vehicles office between the U.S. Departments of Energy and Transportation. PUBLICATIONxINxGERxSUIxAUTxHUNxONLY wasp2021121345 MICHAELxREYNOLDS

'This money will change the US'

Gina McCarthy served as climate advisor to US President Joe Biden and as head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Barack Obama. She was a key contributor to the Inflation Reduction Act. As a guest of honor at the American Academy in Berlin, she speaks about the strength of national and the weakness of international climate policy in the United States.

By Bernhard Pötter

(190620) -- KOCAELI (TURKEY), June 20, 2019 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on June 20, 2019 shows the drilling vessel Yavuz at a port in Kocaeli province, Turkey. Turkey on Thursday sent a new drilling vessel to the eastern Mediterranean, risking more strain in ties with its Western allies. The second deep-water drilling vessel, Yavuz, started its journey following a ceremony at a port in Turkey s northwestern province of Kocaeli. (Xinhua/Xu Suhui) TURKEY-KOCAELI-DRILLING VESSEL-EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN PUBLICATIONxNOTxINxCHN

Turkey election: Erdogan focuses on fossil fuels

In the runoff election for the presidency in Turkey, climate policy will also be voted on. The incumbent, Erdogan, is backing fossil fuels. The opposition has more ambitious climate plans and wants, for example, to phase out coal and achieve net zero emissions by 2050.

By Marcel Grzanna