"Addressing leaders at a virtual summit meeting he convened, the president cast the fight against global warming as an economic opportunity for the world."
"WASHINGTON — President Biden on Thursday moved to put four years of official climate denial behind the United States, declaring that America would cut its global warming emissions at least in half by the end of the decade.
Addressing 40 world leaders at the start of a two-day summit about the U.S. return to the Paris climate agreement, Mr. Biden sought to galvanize other countries to take more aggressive steps.
He cast the challenge of avoiding catastrophic warming as an economic opportunity for America and the world, a striking contrast to his predecessor who had abandoned the agreement. “This is a moral imperative, an economic imperative,” Mr. Biden said. “A moment of peril, but also a moment of extraordinary possibilities.”"
Lisa Friedman, Somini Sengupta, and Coral Davenport report for the New York Times April 22, 2021.
SEE ALSO:
"U.S., Other Countries Deepen Climate Goals At Earth Day Summit" (Reuters)
"Biden Prompts Bolder Climate Pledges At Global Summit" (E&E News)
"Biden's Climate Goal Would End American Coal" (E&E News)
"Factbox-United States, Other Countries, Ramp Up Climate-Change Ambition" (Reuters)
"Key Takeaways From The Biden Earth Day Summit" (Reuters)
"Biden Spells Out U.S. Climate Goal, Urges Other World Leaders To Go Big" (Washington Post)
"The U.S. Has a New Climate Goal. How Does It Stack Up Globally?" (New York Times)
"Biden Wants to Slash Emissions. Success Would Mean a Very Different America." (New York Times)
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