The Daily 202: Biden’s virtual climate summit tests relations with Russia, China
Olivier Knox
with Mariana Alfaro
Welcome to The Daily 202 newsletter! How many world leaders at President Biden's big virtual Earth Day summit will forget to unmute?
President Biden’s virtual climate summit, which kicked off today, will be
the most serious test yet of his theory America can cooperate with hostile global rivals like China and Russia to tackle global warming while at odds on a wide range of other major issues.
So far, the “Earth Day” gamble looks pretty good —
if you set aside the testy rhetoric from Beijing and Russia and assume none of their serious disputes with Washington will intrude as leaders discuss a crisis threatening to disrupt every aspect of human life.