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Biden will announce the ambitious plans in a virtual Earth Day summit  The Zoom meeting will include 40 leaders from across the world and The Pope US target aims to 'challenge the world on increasing ambition and combatting the climate crisis'  Biden's action raises the pressure on China - the world's largest carbon emitter  Obama had pledged to cut emissions by upto 28% by 2025  Biden has made climate change a focus of his $2trillion infrastructure package

Russian President Vladimir Putin was left awkwardly on screen after French President Emmanuel Macron was cut off because of a technical glitch at the Climate Summit Thursday.

5 Steps for Ocean Climate Action Across the Biden Administration The Biden-Harris administration’s “Climate Cabinet” is moving full steam ahead toward achieving the president’s domestic and international climate goals, as evidenced by today’s Leaders Summit on Climate and the release of an ambitious Nationally Determined Contribution for the Paris Agreement. Through a coordinated approach, the administration has stated its intent to incorporate the ocean into climate change strategies and solutions like never before. With more than 94 million Americans living near oceans and coasts,...

This Earth Day, the Biden-Harris Administration can shift towards positive, collective language on climate change.

© Getty Images With his administration set to announce its new Paris Agreement climate commitments soon, now is the time for President Biden To realize this goal, Biden must embrace ocean-based solutions. One solution within his grasp is to eliminate emissions from the shipping industry by 2035. The shipping industry is currently responsible for 3 percent of global emissions, and that number is poised to grow to 18 percent by 2050. Shipping would be the sixth largest emitter of greenhouse gases (GHG) if it were a country. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) governs the shipping ind...