The transmission technology initially failed when it was Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s turn to speak, which seemed apt as he continued to refuse to put a carbon emissions target for 2030.
Called by United States President Joe Biden, the summit was aimed at raising emissions reduction targets in the lead-up to COP26 in Glasgow in November.
The US used the summit to announce its decision to raise its emissions reduction target to 50-52% below 2005 levels by 2030.
US climate campaigners want for a target well above 50%. Karen Orenstein, Climate and Energy Program Director at Friends of the Earth, US, said
Biden’s commitment may seem ambitious, but it is “sharply inadequate and deeply unjust for the billions living in the Global South”.