Were Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office a success? Our panel’s verdict

This week marks Biden's first 100 days, when presidents historically try to push ambitious agendas. Our panelists evaluate the record

The bar for climate leadership set by the Trump administration was low enough to trip over. Joe Biden hasn't tripped in its first hundred days. He's cleared the bar decisively with a new emissions target and a pledge to spend roughly $1 trillion on climate priorities over the next eight years, and by a bigger margin than just about anyone would have expected from a career centrist. But with a world on the verge of the abyss," as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres summarized recently, that bar is the wrong one to be watching.