Addressing Methane, the Rise of the Global Middle Class, and More

September 21, 2021

After languishing for decades behind carbon dioxide as a priority in the fight against climate change, methane appears to be enjoying its 15 minutes of fame—with even more notoriety likely on the horizon. Barry Rabe describes how Colorado has emerged as the national methane leader over the past decade and what other states can learn from it.

The global middle class is expanding at a rate we have never seen before in history. Homi Kharas joins David Dollar on an episode of Dollar & Sense to discuss how that global middle class is defined, where growth is concentrated, and how this group will affect production, trade, regional value chains, and efforts to address climate change for years to come.

“Because of that day, the Middle East has haunted this country for the near entirety of my adult life. We have been living with the consequences, and I worry that we will continue to live with them, despite our persistent hopes to the contrary,” writes Shadi Hamid in his reflections about the September 11 attacks.

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