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The Biden administration has defended Kerry, saying he discussed facts that were widely known at the time, and Kerry himself denied he had ever revealed Israeli secrets, "either when I was Secretary of State or since." The allegations were made public in a recording of Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who in a conversation last month with economist Saeed Leylaz said Kerry had informed him that Israel had attacked Iranian assets in Syria at least 200 times. ADVERTISEMENT Republican reactions to reports of Zarif's recollection of the events have varied from calls for Kerry to resi...

Share this article The Biden Administration will push International Maritime Organization Member States to to adopt a goal of achieving “zero emissions” from international shipping by 2050. The call comes as President Biden held a virtual Leaders Summit on Climate last week during which he announced a target of reducing U.S. emissions by 50% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels and also fulfilled his commitment to rejoin the Paris Agreement. The Administration’s target for shipping was included as a bullet point in a White House Fact Sheet on the virtual summit: Reducing emissions from inter...

Climate Partnership to be 'core pillar' of US-India relations: Biden ​ Sat, Apr 24 2021 9:21 IST | ​ 6 Views Biden unveils $2tn infrastructure, jobs plan. Image Source: IANS News New York, April 24 : US President Joe Biden has said that the climate partnership with India will be "a core pillar" of relations between the two countries. Speaking at the conclusion of the two-day, 40-nation Leaders Summit on Climate, Biden said on Friday that he was "looking forward to working with India's Prime Minister Modi's new partnership to achieve our climate and energy goals, making this a core pill...

  MS. PSAKI:  Okay.  Happy Earth Day, everyone.  And joining us in the Briefing Room for the second time — I told you they’d come back and take more questions; I deliver on my promises — is National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy and Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry.   We’re, of course, very excited to have them here.  After their short remarks, they will be able to take just a few questions because they have a busy Climate Summit under way.       On day one, President Biden fulfilled his promise to rejoin the Paris Agreement.  And as part of reentering the P...

Date Time Launching Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate At President Biden’s Leaders Summit on Climate on April 23, 2021, the United States and United Arab Emirates, with endorsement from the United Kingdom’s COP 26 Presidency, and with support from Australia, Brazil, Denmark, Israel, Singapore, and Uruguay, announced plans to launch the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate). The goal of AIM for Climate, which will be advanced at the UN Food Systems Summit in September 2021 and launched at COP26 in November 2021, is to increase and accelerate global innovati...