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D uring her 11 year stint as the sustainability manager for Columbia, Mo., Barbara Buffaloe cooked up a lot plans to adapt the city for climate change and cut its carbon footprint.

Alicia Bárcena, the country’s new environment secretary, spelled out an aggressive climate agenda for Mexico.

In an Oct. 16 interview from her office in Mexico City, Alicia Bárcena, the country's new environment secretary, spelled out an aggressive climate agenda for the country: dramatic expansion of renewable electricity generation, decarbonization of state-owned energy firms, and investments in a range of nature-based solutions. All of this will feed into a new commitment from the government for Mexico to get to net-zero emissions by 2050 and an “ambitious” new nationally determined commitment to be submitted to the United Nations ahead of next year's climate conference.

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm tells TIME what she's most proud of about her work championing climate action.

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No matter who wins the U.S. election, companies will have greater success if they talk about the financial impact of climate change.

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