US President Joe Biden
Washington … News Time
US President Joe Biden has reiterated his commitment to reviving the US role in climate change, announcing a doubling of aid to poor countries under the Obama administration. Inaugurating a virtual conference on climate change on Earth Day, Biden said the world’s largest economy would take steps to combat climate change and bring it back to 2005 levels by 2030. “Costs are rising, but the United States can’t wait any longer. We have to step up and we all have to act,” Biden told a two-day conference of 40 world leaders, including the presidents of China and Russia. The conference was also addressed by Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Putin, Prime Ministers of Japan and Canada, and the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
According to the report, Biden proposed a $.2 trillion infrastructure package to focus on the green economy, including investment, renewable energy, electric cars and public transport projects. Biden said US aid to poor countries on climate change would be doubled compared to the Obama administration, which announced a move contrary to the policy of former President Donald Trump, who cut off all aid. On this occasion, the Chinese President said in his speech that China will reach carbon neutral by 2060. He said that China is committed to shifting from carbon pack to carbon neutrality in a very short period of time and this requires a lot of hard work. The Chinese president said that China would strictly control coal power plants.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the conference would be a turning point and called for immediate action. Antonio Guterres said that today’s conference shows that tough measures will be taken regarding the environment, but there is still a lot of work to be done. It may be recalled that former US President Donald Trump, while announcing his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement in 2018, had also cut off US aid to developing countries to address the challenges of climate change. Joe Biden has announced that he will review all of the former president’s decisions since he was elected president and has reinstated many of them. The United States last week invited Malik Aslam, the prime minister’s special assistant on climate change, to attend the Virtual Leaders Summit on Climate Change, chaired by President Joe Biden.
US Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry said in a letter that he was honored to be invited by the President of the United States to attend the Virtual Leaders Summit on Climate Change. Let us join you, along with other ministers and leaders, in the discussion on “Climate Adaptation and Flexibility” on April 22.
