7 takeaways from the White House climate summit of world leaders By Cara Korte Biden s climate summit wraps up
More than 40 world leaders, 14 cabinet members, 8 CEOs and Pope Francis joined President Biden s two-day virtual Leaders Climate Summit on Thursday and Friday. Nations touted their climate ambitions, announced collaborations, and agreed on the urgency of the climate crisis.
Here are seven takeaways from the summit:
1. The U.S. wants to lead in the fight against climate change
Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry said Thursday that the summit reestablished the U.S. as a global leader in the climate fight. We had to restore America s credibility. We had to prove that we were serious, he said at a White House briefing. And, I think, today does that in many ways.