Putin, whose government has been publicly irate over Biden s characterization of him as a “killer for Russia s aggressive moves against its opponents, made no mention of his feuding with Biden in his own climate remarks, a live presentation that also saw moments of dead air among production problems.
“Russia is genuinely interested in galvanizing international cooperation so as to look further for effective solutions to climate change as well as to all other vital challenges, Putin said. Russia by some measures is the world s fourth-biggest emitter of climate-damaging fossil fuel fumes.
The pandemic made gathering world leaders for the climate summit too risky. That didn’t keep the White House from sparing no effort on production quality. The president’s staff built a small set in the East Room that looked like it was ripped from a daytime talk show.
President Biden opens global Earth Day summit with ambitious new emissions pledge Share Updated: 10:00 AM CDT Apr 22, 2021 ELLEN KNICKMEYER and CHRISTINA LARSON
President Biden opens global Earth Day summit with ambitious new emissions pledge Share Updated: 10:00 AM CDT Apr 22, 2021
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The Biden administration’s pledge would nearly double the reductions that the Obama administration had committed to in the landmark 2015 Paris climate accord.
Putin, whose government has been publicly irate over Biden s characterization of him as a “killer for Russia s aggressive moves against its opponents, made no mention of his feuding with Biden in his own climate remarks, a live presentation that also saw moments of dead air among production problems.
“Russia is genuinely interested in galvanizing international cooperation so as to look further for effective solutions to climate change as well as to all other vital challenges, Putin said. Russia by some measures is the world s fourth-biggest emitter of climate-damaging fossil fuel fumes.
The pandemic made gathering world leaders for the climate summit too risky. That didn’t keep the White House from sparing no effort on production quality. The president’s staff built a small set in the East Room that looked like it was ripped from a daytime talk show.
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Declaring that the United States and other big economies must “get this done,” President Joe Biden opened a global climate summit Thursday aimed at getting world leaders to dig deeper on emissions cuts. The U.S. pledged to cut in half the amount of climate-wrecking coal and petroleum fumes it is pumping out.
“Meeting this moment is about more than preserving our planet,” Mr. Biden said, speaking from a TV-style set for a virtual summit of 40 world leaders. “It’s about providing a better future for all of us,” he said, calling it “a moment of peril but a moment of opportunity.”