US climate summit aims to build momentum ahead of Glasgow
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US President Joe Biden. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool, File)
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While the eyes of many environmentalists across the world are already focused on November’s COP26 summit in Glasgow, this week’s US-hosted climate conference is also vital in this most important year for global warming diplomacy since 2015.
The US event on Thursday (Earth Day) and Friday, convened virtually by President Joe Biden and involving some 40 other world leaders, is important for at least two big reasons.
Firstly, the US has announced plans to cut its emissions by at least 50 percent compared to 2005 levels by 2030. While even this commitment lags behind Europe, it could spur other large emitters to raise their game, as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres hinted recently. He said such a move would “have very important consequences in relation to Japan, in relation to China, in relation to Russ
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Emphasizing the grave threat of climate change, PM Modi called for a concrete action at a high speed, on a large scale and with a global scope.
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Participating in the Leaders Summit on Climate hosted by US President Joe Biden, Prime Minister Narendra Modi outlined India s efforts towards clean energy, energy efficiency and bio-diversity. Emphasizing the grave threat of climate change, PM Modi called for a concrete action at a high speed, on a large scale and with a global scope. The Prime Minister also announced the launch of an India-US Climate & Clean Energy Agenda 2030 partnership as he made his remarks on Our Collective Sprint to 2030 .
Key takeaways from today s US-hosted climate change summit
President Biden joined dozens of world leaders today as part of a two-day virtual summit to address the global climate crisis.
Here were some of the notable developments from the summit:
Global call to action: Biden asked
world leaders to take action to combat climate change collectively as he announced an aggressive new goal for greenhouse gas emissions. Biden pointed to actions the US would take, an effort to reassert US leadership and put the US back to the center of the global effort to address the climate crisis after the Trump administration largely disengaged. “The signs are unmistakable, the science is undeniable that the cost of inaction, it just keeps mounting. The United States isn’t waiting. We are resolving to take action, not only our federal government, but our cities and our states all across our country, small businesses, large corporations, American workers in every field,” he said.