So, there was a 10-minute discussion on @BBCRadio4 #TheWorldThisWeekend between three eminent foreign policy commentators & Ed Stourton on Biden and the world, and unless it was very brief and coincided with a moment of distraction there was no mention at all of #climate change

This seems a serious omission on the part of Mr Stourton and his producers, what with climate change being a critical issue and one in which the USA has fallen profoundly out of step.

Their decision to run the discussion as one that could be arranged on a regional basis may perhaps have made it hard to slot climate change in.

That, though, is an argument against the regionalisation approach much more than it is an excuse for ignoring a global subject that was an important part of Mr Biden's campaign.

What is really striking though is that t three noted foreign-policy experts-- Rana Mitter of @ox_chinacentre, @MacaesBruno or @KimGhattas of the Carnegie Endowment--did not bring the subject up unprompted when discussing, say, relations with China or relations with the EU.

Technology standards yes; climate change no.

This reinforces the baleful impression that in either the foreign-policy establishment, the foreign policy commentariat or both climate change is just another issue, and not a particularly important one.

If a Biden presidency changes something big about the world, I hope that is it.