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FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2021 file photo, emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun in Independence, Mo. President Joe Biden is convening a coalition of the willing, the unwilling, the desperate-for-help and the avid-for-money for a two-day summit aimed at rallying the world’s worst polluters to do more to slow climate change. Biden’s first task when his virtual summit opens Thursday is to convince the world that the United States is both willing and able isn’t just willing to meet an ambitious new emissions-cutting pledge, but also able.
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The mayors of a dozen major U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, New York City and San Diego, are asking President Joe Biden to consult them as the administration studies how to identify and resettle people displaced by drought, rising seas and other effects of climate change.
The request was made in a letter sent to Biden on Thursday, the same day his administration convened a summit of world leaders to discuss taking action to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
No nation offers protection to people specifically displaced because of climate change. Biden issued an executive order Feb. 4 ordering national security adviser Jake Sullivan to consult federal agencies on how to do that and issue a report in August.
Issues concerning global climate change will be discussed before the world by President Joe Biden and 40 world leaders he invited to the two-day virtual Leaders Summit on Climate that can be viewed
2021-04-22 16:32 By: Xinhua
Photo taken on July 13, 2020 shows the Tasman Glacier at Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park in the South Island of New Zealand. The Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park consists of 19 peaks which are at least 3,000 meters above sea level, as well as the Tasman Glacier and many glacial lakes. (Xinhua/Guo Lei)
BEIJING, April 21, 2021 (Xinhua) April 22 marks the annual Earth Day. The Earth is the shared and only home for human beings, and everyone has the obligation to protect our blue planet.
Photo taken on Oct. 12, 2020 shows a damaged bridge after a storm in Saint-Martin-Vesubie, near France s southern coastal city of Nice. (Photo by Syspeo.z/Xinhua)