In the third decade of the twenty-first century, promising new climate commitments have already been made. More and more governments and large corporations are setting targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. But much remains to be done. The rapid spread of the Delta strain of the coronavirus and the myriad of extreme forest fires and storms around the world were a hellish harbinger of an increasingly probable future.

The joint publication of Res Publica and Project Syndicate “New Summits” focuses on possible solutions with which we will be more prepared to face that future.