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On his first day in office, President Joe Biden signed an executive order for the US to rejoin the Paris Agreement. A new US Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), containing its emission reductions pledge, will be announced as Biden hosts a virtual Climate Leaders’ Summit on Earth Day, 22 April. Newly appointed US Climate Envoy John Kerry has been engaging leaders in a world tour, underlining the emphasis on climate in the Biden administration’s foreign policy priorities. Around the world, the declaration that “America’s back” in the Paris Agreement was welcomed by civil society...

US: Include Maternal Health in Climate Change Action Pregnant People, Infants, Children Particularly Vulnerable US President Joe Biden signs a series of executive orders on tackling climate change on January 27, 2021 in Washington, DC. From left, Vice President Kamala Harris, Biden, White House science adviser Dr. Eric Lander, and National Climate Adviser Gina McCarthy. © 2021 AP Photo/Evan Vucci (Washington, DC) – The administration of United States President Joe Biden should take concrete action to ensure that the country’s maternal health crisis, dom...

Cai Meng / China Daily United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that "2021 is a make or break year" to confront the global climate emergency. After rejoining the Paris Agreement, the Joe Biden administration must now rise to the climate challenge and commit to an ambitious and achievable 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution of reducing the US' greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at least 50 percent below 2005 levels by 2030 to set the stage for the forthcoming UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, in November. The National Resources Defense Council, a nonprofi...

As the world prepares for the next landmark meeting on climate change, COP26, in Glasgow (November 1 to 12 2021), with most countries racing against time to meet their commitments as per the 2015 Paris Agreement, the UAE will host a crucial meeting on Sunday that will for sure create a momentum towards fulfilling those ambitious goals. The Paris Agreement aimed to restrict global temperature rise this century to “well below” 2°C compared to pre-industrial levels while pursuing efforts to limit it to 1.5°C. In November, the UK will be hosting the 26th annual session of the Conference of ...

Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON and NEW YORK, Feb. 19, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, to mark the United States' return to the Paris Agreement, thousands of non-federal climate leaders launched  America is All In, a coalition to drive a society-wide mobilization for bold climate ambition to uphold the country's commitment to domestic and international climate action. Already the most expansive coalition of U.S. leaders ever assembled in support of climate action, America Is All In is led by Michael R. Bloomberg, the United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for Climat...