{"id":2113788,"date":"2023-12-01T19:03:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T00:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harriss-next-challenge-taking-on-climate-change-at-cop28\/"},"modified":"2023-12-01T19:06:22","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T00:06:22","slug":"kamala-harriss-next-challenge-taking-on-climate-change-at-cop28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kamala-harriss-next-challenge-taking-on-climate-change-at-cop28\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris&#8217;s new task: Tackling climate change at COP28"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkamala-harriss-next-challenge-taking-on-climate-change-at-cop28%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2113788&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Following \u200ddays of confusion,\u200d Vice President Kamala Harris takes on new role as\u200b Biden administration climate ambassador<\/h2>\n<p>President\u200c Joe Biden attended the last two United Nations climate change conferences, but the White House demurred on his attendance this week before finally revealing\u200c that Harris would go in his stead. That\u2064 puts the embattled vice president on a big platform to speak about one of the Democratic Party&#8217;s top priorities.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s en route right now to\u2064 Dubai for \u2062COP28, and she\u2019s representing President Biden and the\u2062 administration there,\u201d National Security Council coordinator John \u200cKirby said \u200dFriday.\u2064 \u201cThroughout her engagements, the vice president will make clear that the Biden-Harris administration is delivering on the \u200cmost ambitious climate agenda in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The 28th annual U.N. climate summit, known as COP28 because it&#8217;s the &#8220;conference of the parties&#8221; to the 1992 U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, is being held \u2064in\u2064 Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Harris will be accompanied \u2064on \u200dthe journey by special envoy John Kerry, national climate adviser\u2064 Ali Zaidi, and senior\u200d adviser John Podesta, though she\u200d will likely receive the most attention of the U.S. delegation.<\/p>\n<p>For Harris, the trip\u200c represents\u200c a new focus area to go along with her prominent roles in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-abortion-advocates-react-to-supreme-courts-texas-abortion-law-decision\/\" title=\"Pro-Abortion Advocates React To Supreme Court\u2019s Texas Abortion Law Decision\">promoting abortion access<\/a>, gun violence, voting rights, and Latino \u2063outreach. She \u200cwas also given a role early \u200din the Biden administration combating the root \u200dcauses \u200cof illegal immigration, though\u200d that is a task she has arguably shied away from since the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>While the new \u2062climate role may project growing confidence in Harris&#8217;s abilities, it could also risk overextending her, argues\u200b Rutgers University history, journalism, \u2062and media studies professor David Greenberg.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Vice presidents\u200b who have distinguished themselves in the public mind have done so with one\u2064 or two or maybe three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shes-fing-up-democrats-reportedly-worried-kamala-harris-cant-beat-any-republican-in-2024-including-trump\/\" title=\"\u2018She\u2019s F***ing Up\u2019: Democrats Reportedly Worried Kamala Harris Can\u2019t Beat Any Republican In 2024, Including Trump\">high-profile issues<\/a> \u2014 think [former vice president Al] \u2064Gore\u200c with the environment, reinventing government, and the &#8216;loose nukes&#8217; problem,&#8221; Greenberg\u200b said, &#8220;or [Dick] Cheney with counterterrorism and the war. I see nothing wrong \u200cwith Harris going to the climate conference, but it does not substantially alter \u2063her public image.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On the other hand, Saint Louis University law professor Joel Goldstein argues that Harris \u200dshould be seen as simply carrying forward the administration&#8217;s work as\u2063 needed\u200d rather than pulling from a set portfolio of issues.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cShe has also handled a number of important diplomatic assignments which dovetail with administration&#8217;s foreign and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/heres-what-each-of-bidens-42-executive-orders-will-actually-do\/\" title=\"Here\u2019s What Each Of Biden\u2019s 42 Executive Orders Will Actually Do\">national security priorities<\/a>, including speaking at the Munich summit\u200c twice, five trips to Asia, and five to Europe,&#8221; Goldstein said.\u200d &#8220;This assignment,\u2062 as \u2062well as her recent\u200c ASEAN \u2063assignment, reflect Harris handling a\u200d matter which President \u2062Biden\u2064 did in the past, which reflects his confidence in her.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Unfortunately for Harris, the voting \u200dpublic&#8217;s confidence in her may not be as high.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&#8217;s approval rating is an abysmal 36.5%, per the RealClearPolitics\u200b average, and\u200b there \u200bhas been rampant speculation that \u200cshe may be cast aside whenever Biden leaves the political stage.<\/p>\n<p>Yet even if \u2062Harris remains unpopular in polling, it \u2064may be best \u2062to embrace her publicly, says University of \u200dVirginia Center for\u2063 Politics Director Larry Sabato.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Harris has been more visible over the past six\u200d months as the White House ramps\u2064 up for the reelection campaign,&#8221; he said. &#8220;To me, it makes sense since\u200b you can\u2019t change someone\u2019s image by hiding them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the past,\u2062 unpopular vice presidents could be cast off to rural areas for low-profile\u2062 assignments, Sabato adds. In the internet age, there&#8217;s no place to hide.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Harris is going to have an unusually large target on her back, so the White\u200c House has her dealing with big \u200dissues in the spotlight,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It helps to project Harris as ready to step up if the situation calls for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On that note, Harris came up in a big and\u2062 unexpected way during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-fetterman-is-using-this-assistive-technology\/\" title=\"John Fetterman Is Using This Assistive Technology\">high-profile debate<\/a> between \u2063Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Gov. \u2062Gavin Newsom (D-CA). While\u200d DeSantis was riffing on Democrats keeping schools closed for too long during the pandemic, Newsom called\u200d him out for mispronouncing\u2062 Harris&#8217;s name.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;And by\u2063 the way, it&#8217;s not Kam-AH-la Harris. Shame on you,&#8221; Newsom said. &#8220;It&#8217;s Kama-la Harris, Madame Vice President to you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Given the rumblings that Newsom \u200ccould be \u200clooking to unseat Harris \u2062as the Democratic \u2064heir apparent, the aside could be seen as a show of solidarity from the \u200dgovernor on behalf of his fellow \u200dCalifornian.<\/p>\n<p>In Dubai, Harris is expected to\u2062 deliver the national statement at\u200d COP28, a conference that has a goal\u200c of \u200cdecreasing emissions to prevent the Earth from warming above 1.5 degrees Celsius. She will also meet with regional\u2064 leaders \u2062concerning the latest developments in the Israel-Hamas war.<\/p>\n<p>Both the war and climate\u200b change are big \u2063priorities for progressives, a group Biden\u2062 has been slipping with \u200cin recent weeks. \u2062A YouGov poll, for instance, found that &#8220;climate change and the environment&#8221; \u200bwas important to 70% of respondents this month, the same percentage\u2063 as the\u200c start of Biden&#8217;s administration in January 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Vice presidents traditionally are sent\u2062 out to appeal\u200c to a party&#8217;s base, which fits well in \u2063this case with Harris speaking at a \u200dclimate change\u200d conference.<\/p>\n<p>Should she turn in a strong performance in Dubai, it could help shore up Harris&#8217;s support\u2064 among progressives in 2024 and, potentially, beyond.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are \u200dthe potential risks and benefits\u2064 of Harris taking on \u2063multiple high-profile \u200cissues concurrently?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Le assignments\u2062 and effectively sidelined. \u200bHowever, Harris&#8217;s high-profile roles and the administration&#8217;s reliance on her for important diplomatic assignments indicate that she is \u200dbeing given opportunities to\u2062 shine and \u2064shape her public image.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration&#8217;s \u200ddecision to \u2062send Harris as the climate ambassador to the COP28 summit reflects the importance the administration places on climate change. It is widely regarded as one of the\u2064 Democratic Party&#8217;s top priorities, and Harris will have a significant platform to \u200cspeak about the\u200b ambitious climate \u200dagenda that the Biden-Harris administration is committed\u2062 to.<\/p>\n<p>Accompanied by special envoy John Kerry,\u200b national climate adviser Ali Zaidi, and senior adviser\u2063 John Podesta, Harris will likely receive the most attention from\u200c the U.S. delegation \u2063at \u200cthe summit. This new focus\u200d area adds to her already prominent roles in promoting abortion access, gun \u2062violence, voting rights, Latino outreach, and combating the root causes of illegal immigration.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u200bsome experts\u200d argue that taking on too \u200bmany high-profile issues may risk overextending Harris \u2062and \u2063diluting her impact. Rutgers \u2064University professor \u2064David Greenberg notes that \u2064vice presidents who have made a lasting public impression focused on \u200cone or two \u2062key issues. Nevertheless, Saint Louis University professor Joel Goldstein contends that Harris\u200c should be seen as carrying forward the administration&#8217;s work as needed, \u200crather\u200d than slotting her into a\u200c specific portfolio \u2062of issues.<\/p>\n<p>Harris&#8217;s low approval \u2062rating is another\u2064 challenge she faces. At\u2064 just 36.5%, her popularity among \u2064the voting public leaves much to be desired. There have been speculations about \u2064her future in \u200dpolitics once \u2064Biden&#8217;s term ends. Despite these concerns, \u2063University \u2062of Virginia&#8217;s Larry \u2064Sabato suggests that embracing \u2062Harris \u2064publicly \u2064may be \u200bthe best approach. By making\u200d her more visible and giving her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-administration-makes-skin-color-a-litmus-test-for-being-a-u-s-diplomat\/\" title=\"Biden Administration Makes Skin Color A Litmus Test For Being A U.S. Diplomat\">high-profile assignments<\/a>, the White House\u200b can work on changing public perception rather than\u2063 hiding her away.<\/p>\n<p>In conclusion,\u2062 Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s new\u200b role as the Biden administration&#8217;s climate ambassador at\u2064 the COP28 summit in Dubai signifies the importance placed on climate change by the administration. While some experts debate \u2062the potential risks of stretching Harris too\u2062 thin, others \u200bargue that she is simply carrying forward the \u200dwork of the administration. Despite her lower approval ratings, there \u200dis merit in \u200cmaking \u2063her\u200c more visible and allowing her to shape \u200cher public image. The outcome of this\u2063 new role for Harris remains to be seen,\u200c but \u2064it is undoubtedly a significant opportunity for her to showcase her abilities and contribute to \u200cthe administration&#8217;s climate agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris in the spotlight as she assumes the role of Biden administration&#8217;s climate ambassador. President Joe Biden, who previously attended UN climate conferences, decided not to attend this week. 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