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Published: Friday, April 23, 2021 Joe Biden. Photo credit: Al Drago/CNP / Polaris/Newscom President Biden announced historic emissions targets yesterday at a White House climate summit attended virtually by dozens of world leaders. Al Drago/CNP/Polaris/Newscom The United States plunged back into the climate fight yesterday, shaking off years of denial and embracing steep cuts to carbon emissions that scientists say might keep global warming in check. "This is the decisive decade. This is the de...

  WASHINGTON -- This weeks climate change summit features lots of talk from different nations about their goals for reducing carbon emissions. But in the weird world of national climate pledges, numbers often arent quite what they seem. Sometimes a 55% reduction is about equal to 50% to 52%. Sometimes its even less. Sometimes its way more. As part of the Paris climate agreement process, each nation picks its own national goals for how much greenhouse gas should be cut by 2030 and -- crucia...

The Latest: Biden envisions clean energy jobs as summit ends Associated Press Updated:  Tags:  Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved 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) WASHINGTON – The Latest on President Joe Bidens global climate summit (all times local): 11:55 a.m. President Joe Biden has wrapped up his two-day climate summit, saying the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Joe Bidens global climate summit (all times...

US AND EU GOALS Both the United States and the European Union are offering similar-sounding pledges of cutting around half their emissions by 2030. But depending on what year you start from, each can sound significantly deeper than the other. The European Union goal, newly approved by the union’s parliament, is 55% below 1990 levels. The new U.S. goal announced Thursday by President Joe Biden is 50% to 52% below 2005 levels. If you convert the European goal to the American-preferred 2005 base...

Enjoy more audio and podcasts oniOSorAndroid. Editor’s note: This article has been updated to take in news of Joe Biden’s climate summit, which occurred after The Economist went to press MEETINGS OF GLOBAL leaders always combine, in varying proportions, pomp, substance, glitches and questionable set design. The first day of President Joe Biden’s virtual climate summit on April 22nd was no different. There were lofty declarations and flurries of press releases. Presidents spoke from desks...

This week’s climate change summit features lots of talk from different nations about their goals for reducing carbon emissions

by Seth Borenstein, AP Science Writer — April 22, 2021 . This week’s climate change summit features lots of talk from different nations about their goals for reducing carbon emissions. But in the weird world of national climate pledges, numbers often aren’t quite what they seem. Sometimes a 55% reduction is about equal to 50% to 52%. Sometimes it’s even less. Sometimes it’s way more. As part of the Paris climate agreement process, each nation picks its own national goals for how much ...

Explainer: Why nations’ climate targets don’t compare Seth Borenstein Washington – This week’s climate change summit features lots of talk from different nations about their goals for reducing carbon emissions. But in the weird world of national climate pledges, numbers often aren’t quite what they seem. Sometimes a 55% reduction is about equal to 50% to 52%. Sometimes it’s even less. Sometimes it’s way more. As part of the Paris climate agreement process, each nation picks its ow...

19 April 2021 The United States and China have issued a joint statement saying they are “firmly committed” to cooperating on tackling climate change, in a hopeful sign deteriorating relations between the two powers will not hamper global efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The statement, released late Sunday and signed by US climate envoy John Kerry and Chinese climate envoy Xie Zhenhua, follows days of intensive talks in Shanghai. It contains no hard details or targets, but reaffir...