Joe Biden: “We are investing in the United States to halve carbon emissions by the end of this decade”

President Joe biden on Thursday inaugurated an international climate summit saying that states Unidos “does not wait” to lead a question of “moral and economic imperative” and what does it represent “The existential crisis of our time.”

“Facing this moment is more than preserving our planet”, Biden said, speaking from a television set for a virtual summit of 40 world leaders. “It’s about providing a better future for all of us”he said calling her “A moment of danger but a moment of opportunity.”

“The signs are undeniable, the science is undeniable, the cost of inaction continues to rise”added.

The American President has promised halve U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, with the aim of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

“We are investing to have the United States halve its carbon emissions by the end of this decade.”said the president.

The president called the summit a first step towards a joint effort of the largest economies, which are also those which pollute the most carbon.

“We must move. We must act quickly” to keep global warming at a maximum of 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial times, Biden said.

“As a global community, it is imperative that we act together and quickly”, He said. “This is the decade in which we must make decisions that will avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis.”

The Biden administration exposes a vision of a Clean energy and a prosperous America where factories produce state-of-the-art batteries for export, line workers reinstall an efficient national power grid, and crews plug in abandoned oil and gas platforms and coal mines.

Your commitment to the reduction of fossil fuel emissions in the United States by up to 52% by 2030 marks the return of the United States to global climate efforts after four years of retirement under President Donald Trump. Japan, a major coal consumer, on Thursday announced its new emissions reduction target of 46% ahead of the summit’s opening, as the United States and its allies sought to gain momentum.

The commitment of the Biden administration would require by far the most ambitious American climate effort ever, nearly doubling the cuts the Obama administration committed to in the landmark 2015 Paris climate agreement.

The new emergency comes as scientists say climate change caused by coal-fired power stations, car engines and the use of other fossil fuels is over. worsen droughts, floods, hurricanes and forest fires and other disasters and humans are running out of time to avoid most of the catastrophic extremes of global warming.

But administration officials, anticipating the new target, revealed aspirations and vignettes rather than specific plans, budget lines or legislative proposals to get there.

Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris opened the Earth Day Summit from the East Room of the White House ahead of world leaders, including those from China, Russia, India, the Gulf oil states, European and Asian allies, and island and coastal nations who are already battling the effects of time. change. The participation of Pope Francis was also expected.

Biden was planning to join a second session of the summit that was broadcast live later in the morning on funding the efforts of the poorest countries to remake and protect their economies from global warming.

With the commitment of the United States and other emissions reduction announcements from Japan, Canada, the European Union and the United Kingdom, the countries that represent more than half of the global economy will now have committed to reducing so much fossil fuel fumes to prevent Earth’s climate has disastrously heated to more than 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 degrees Celsius), the administration said.

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