and pushed the leaders on in their meetings and whatnot. it s a difficult task. we re talking about wealthy nations sharing vaccines. i ve talked to officials about this. a lot of these third world companies don t have the infrastructure to keep the vaccines at ultra cold temperatures. they don t have the ability to say, we tracked your one shot. here s your second shot. they have structures as simple as that and that s why we struggle to meet that goal of 70% next year. let me get susan glasser back in. susan, from rome, monday and tuesday, president biden will be in scotland for the climate summit. the stakes are ehhigh there as well. a lot of the world is wondering if we have a switch from donald trump to joe biden, and when it comes to making
over rome, it s now a no-fly zone. there are certain parts of the city where only those with proper credentials or local residents can enter because the italian authorities still have vivid memories of the g8 summit in genoa, in 2001, where there were massive protests. the police took a heavy hand with those protests, killing one of those protesters. so the hope is today and tomorrow there will not be a repeat of what happened back in 2001 in genoa. wolf. ben, stand by, we ll get back to you as you continue to watch the demonstrations. let s discuss what s going on, we have jim sciutto here and kaitlan, and cnn global affairs expert susan glasser. susan, let me get your thoughts, how all of this, the impact on the summit on the world leaders
national commitment, he joined the climate accord. and one big question is is the u.s. going to follow those through, even though we re so politically divided back here at home. president biden hasn t managed to pass his legislative framework but he comes with, look, a major investment in climate, $550 billion. this is a commitment of the u.s. that we haven t seen before. that is going to be, i think, a crucial thing because between them china and united states have up to 40% of the world s emissions. these are the crucial questions. it s not what everybody does. it s what the united states and china do together. so, i think this is probably the biggest long-term challenge for the biden pressey. and it s interesting, susan, after president biden is in scotland for this climate summit the former president of the united states, i m not talking about trump, i m talking about president obama, he will be in scotland also addressing this
issue. and i think that s significant as well. absolutely, wolf. remember, that for president obama, this was a key part of his legacy. obama didn t just bring the united states into the paris climate accord. he actually came to this international summit and exercised an enormous amount of diplomacy when it was tenuous at some points to get this over the line. first of all, it s a reminder that it used to be possible for american leaders to operate on a one-on-one setting. kaitlan made the point, that s why he s meeting these persons are so significant. that s part of the opportunity that exists for president biden when the chinese are not there, when vladimir putin is not there to show people that the u.s. can still make things happen. you know, to susan s point there, obama put the u.s. in the climate accord. trump put the u.s. out. biden put the u.s. back in. and that raises an ongoing
ambitious goal, given in the u.s. we have problems getting it out to portions.population. but that is a goal, it s an important one, and the test is financial commitment to this. how much money will countries put up to support getting those vaccine doses to the countries that can t afford them. the other point i would add to susan s point about the global tax. you talk about getting deals across the finish line. the president was not able to get the global agenda across the finish line here. this global tax is something that biden put his muscle behind several months ago. they inked it formally in july, here we are, end of october, now you have g20 on board for that. that is not insignificant achievement. we talk about testing global leadership on global challenges, that s something. a lot of other big challenges, no question, but that s at least something that should be noted. kaitlan, as we watch this unfold, the president of the united states, normally under normal circumstances,