US, other countries deepen climate goals at Earth Day summit
Reuters/Washington Filed on April 23, 2021 | Last updated on April 23, 2021 at 01.00 am
South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks as the screen showing world leaders at the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, at the presidential Blue House in Seoul. AP
Leaders from 40 countries attend two-day virtual summit convened by Joe Biden
The US and other countries hiked their targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions at a global climate summit hosted by President Joe Biden, an event meant to resurrect US leadership in the fight against global warming.
Biden unveiled the goal to cut emissions by 50 per cent to 52 per cent from 2005 levels at the start of a two-day climate summit kicked off on Earth Day and attended virtually by leaders of 40 countries.
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The United States and other countries hiked their targets for slashing greenhouse gas emissions at a global climate summit hosted by President Joe Biden, an event meant to resurrect U.S. leadership in the fight against global warming.
Biden unveiled the goal to cut emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels at the start of a two-day climate summit kicked off on Earth Day and attended virtually by leaders of 40 countries including big emitters China, India and Russia.
The United States, the world’s second-leading emitter after China, seeks to reclaim global leadership in the fight against global warming after former President Donald Trump withdrew the country from international efforts to cut emissions.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has urged other nations at a global summit to follow New Zealand s lead in taking financial action to address climate change.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told the climate summit that global agreement on the need for fossil fuel subsidy reform was long overdue (file photo).
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The United States is hosting 40 world leaders in a two-day virtual summit in the White House to discuss ways of fulfilling the 2015 Paris climate agreement. The US and other countries pledged bigger greenhouse gas emission cuts.
Ardern said New Zealand had been leading the charge on climate finance such as ending fossil fuel subsidies.
US Pledges To Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Half By 2030 US Pledges To Slash Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Half By 2030 The United States, the world s second-leading emitter after China, seeks to reclaim global leadership in the fight against global warming after former President Donald Trump withdrew the country from international efforts to cut emissions.
Joe Biden unveiled the goal to cut emissions by 50%-52% from 2005 levels. (File)
Washington:
The United States on Thursday pledged at a global climate summit hosted by President Joe Biden to slash greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, a target it hopes will spark other big countries to raise their ambition to combat global warming.
2021-04-22 18:01:02 GMT2021-04-23 02:01:02(Beijing Time) Sina English
The Biden administration on Thursday pledged to slash US greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030, a new target it hopes will spur other big emitter countries to raise their ambition to combat climate change.
The United States, the world’s second-leading emitter, seeks to reclaim global leadership in the fight against global warming after former President Donald Trump withdrew the country from international efforts to cut emissions. President Joe Biden unveiled the goal to cut emissions by 50-52 percent from 2005 levels at the start of a two-day virtual climate summit.
“This is the decade we must make decisions that will avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis,” Biden said.