The Paris Agreement Was a First Step, Not an End Goal. Still, the World’s Nations Are Far Behind
Most have yet to even establish detailed plans for meeting their targeted greenhouse gas emissions, making Biden’s goal simple: “preventing catastrophe.”
April 23, 2021
Aerial view of Neurath fired-coal power station showing large amount of fumes and pollution, Cologne, Germany.
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WASHINGTON Without any further intervention, the world is on track to raise the global average temperature by around 3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, falling dangerously short of the goals laid out in the Paris Agreement, according to the UN’s 2020 Emissions Gap Report.
Summit shows Biden’s big vision on fighting climate change
By MATTHEW DALY and CHRISTINA LARSON - Associated Press
World leaders are shown on a screen as President Joe Biden speaks to the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, from the East Room of the White House, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
President Joe Biden speaks to the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, from the East Room of the White House, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Washington, as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, looks on.
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry listens as President Joe Biden speaks to the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, from the East Room of the White House, Friday, April 23, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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As summit concludes, nations vow climate action
Biden tells leaders at virtual event to make commitments real
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WASHINGTON – World leaders shared tales of climate-friendly breakthroughs – and feverish quests for more – to close President Joe Biden s virtual global climate summit Friday, from Kenyans abandoning kerosene lanterns for solar to Israeli start-ups straining for more efficient storage batteries.
It was an exhortational end to an unusual pandemic-era summit hosted from a specially created TV-style set in the White House East Room. Biden s two-day gathering briefly united the heads of global rivals America, China and Russia – on screens, anyway – long enough to pledge cooperation on climate. It also saw the U.S. and a half-dozen allies
Apr 24, 2021
WASHINGTON (AP) What did the world learn at Joe Biden’s global summit about his vision of the battle to save the world’s climate?
For two days, Biden and his team of climate experts pressed his case that tackling global warming not only can avert an existential threat, but also benefit the U.S. economy and the world’s as well.
The virtual summit, based at the White House and featuring more than 40 world leaders whose views were beamed to a global online audience, offered fresh details on how the U.S. might hope to supercharge its efforts on climate while leveraging international action to spur new technologies to help save the planet.