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Biden wanted to rally the world around his new climate target. Not all nations joined Chris Megerian, Anna M. Phillips © Provided by The LA Times President Biden announced more aggressive targets for reducing U.S. emissions on Thursday. (Evan Vucci / Associated Press)
Leaders of 40 countries told the world at a U.S.-sponsored summit Thursday that they were serious about combating climate change, but only a few matched their rhetoric with new commitments for reducing emissions, and those who did said little about how they d meet those targets.
Even as the virtual summit hosted by President Biden accomplished his goal of restoring the United States to a position of global leadership on the issue, it also revealed the limits of his ability to build support for the more aggressive action that experts say is needed.
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The president announced at the outset that he was doubling America’s initial commitment to reduce planet-warming emissions under the 2015 Paris climate agreement, signaling a break from the U.S. abandonment of that pact under former President Trump. Japan and Canada said they would strengthen their goals as well.
However, China and India Nos. 1 and 3, respectively, in highest carbon emissions offered nothing new. Neither country announced stronger plans to reduce emissions in the near term, to end their reliance on coal-generated electricity or, in China’s case, to stop financing the construction of coal-fired plants abroad.
Chinese President Xi Jinping emphasized that any international agreements should be centered on “common but differentiated responsibilities,” an often-repeated principle that richer, more developed nations should shoulder more of the burden of fighting climate change after spending decades building their wealth with unchecked emission