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00:25 EDT, 23 April 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) - 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 greenhouse gas should be cut by 2030 and - crucially - what baseline year it starts counting from for those cuts. That ...

9 & 10 News April 23, 2021 AP 11:55 a.m. President Joe Biden has wrapped up his two-day climate summit, saying the climate crisis has created an opportunity to remake the global economy and produce millions of jobs in clean energy and technology “while doing so much good″ to slow climate change. Speaking at the White House as the virtual summit concluded Friday, Biden asked, “Was there anything else you can think of that could create as many good jobs going into the 21st century?″ Biden says the climate crisis also provides an opportunity for the U.S. to work with longtime riva...

As Nations Gather for Biden’s Virtual Climate Summit, Ambitious Pledges That Still Fall Short of Paris Goal Leaders call for urgent action and stress the need for cooperation. But how countries will meet their targets remains unclear. April 22, 2021 President Joe Biden delivers remarks as Special Presidential Envoy for Climate and former Secretary of State John Kerry listens during a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate with 40 world leaders at the East Room of the White House April 22, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Al Drago-Pool/Getty Images Related Share this article WASHINGTON—Within t...

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, file photo, then-Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks to supporters, in Detroit. Four historically Black medical schools are getting $6 million to expand coronavirus vaccination efforts in minority communities. Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s philanthropy announced the gifts Tuesday, April 13, 2021, to Howard University College of Medicine in Washington, Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee, Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta and Charles R. Drew University of Medicine in Los A...

The Latest: Biden envisions clean energy jobs as summit ends In this image from video, Michael Bloomberg speaks during the White House Climate Leaders Summit, Friday, April 23, 2021. The White House is bringing out the billionaires, the CEOs and the union executives Friday to help sell President Joe Biden's climate-friendly transformation of the U.S. economy at his virtual summit of world leaders. (AP Photo) April 23, 2021 - 9:00 AM WASHINGTON - The Latest on President Joe Biden's global climate summit (all times local): 11:55 a.m. President Joe Biden has wrapp...