British Environment Secretary George Eustice said it was “a big change” to see the US engaging in global climate action following the lack of commitment on the issue from the Trump administration.
The British mural presented by UK prime minister Boris Johnson depicts Frederick Douglass, a Black 19th-century abolitionist who escaped slavery in the United States, later going on to become an abolitionist leader who toured Britain and Ireland, with which US president Joe Biden has ancestral ties.
President Joe Biden’s first full day of his eight-day overseas tour got off to a rocky start when a diplomatic row between the U.S. and U.K. over trade inspections in Northern Ireland erupted into public view.