President Biden s Earth Day summit with 40 global leaders is an attempt to reassert U.S. leadership on the world stage. The White House hopes the meeting will lead to big new goals to lower emissions.
Pope tells U.S. climate summit ‘it’s time to act’ on climate crisis
Apr 22, 2021 senior correspondent
A photo taken with a drone shows smoke rising from the thermal power plant in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina, April 21, 2021. Earth Day, observed April 22 every year, marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. (Credit: Dado Ruvic/Reuters via CNS.)
On Earth Day, Pope Francis sent a message to world leaders attending a high-level climate summit organized by the United States, telling participants be good custodians of nature, calling it “a gift that we have received, and that we have heal, protect, and carry it to the future.”
PM Hasina s 4 suggestions to fight climate challenge
Senior Correspondent | banglanews24.com
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the developed countries to formulate an “immediate and ambitious action plan” to cut their carbon emissions to protect the planet from the adverse impact of climate change as she placed a four-point proposal at a high-level global climate summit.
While delivering her statement at the virtual “Leaders’ Summit on Climate”, convened by US President Joe Biden, the prime minister simultaneously called for “strong collective response” to address global crisis like the climate change and ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
The premier joined the summit at the invitation of the Joe Biden. John Kerry, the US special presidential envoy for climate, handed over an invitation letter to the Bangladesh premier in Dhaka on April 9 to participate in the summit.
BreakingviewsBidenâs biggest climate threat is U.S. politics
Gina Chon
3 minutes read
U.S. President Joe Biden participates in a virtual Climate Summit with world leaders in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., April 22, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
President Joe Bidenâs biggest climate threat lies in his own backyard. The United States is reasserting its global leadership on the environment with a virtual gathering of about 40 world leaders, kicking off on Thursday. But Bidenâs predecessor, Donald Trump, revealed how easily U.S. vows can be undone.
The reality TV starâs administration rolled back or ditched dozens of rules that limited air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, protected wetlands and restricted oil drilling. He also pulled the United States out of the 2015 Paris agreement made up of nearly 200 countries. Bidenâs climate summit, in contrast, should see Chinese President Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin of Russia and Jair Bolsona