Climate Politics

Biden Urges Climate Action as War in Ukraine Complicates Quest

Leaders of top-emitting nations meet on energy, global warming
President urges resolve in fight against climate change

Joe Biden greets John Kerry during the virtual Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate in Washington, on June 17.Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg

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By Jennifer A Dlouhy and Jennifer Jacobs

June 17, 2022 at 10:00 AM UTC

Updated on

June 17, 2022 at 1:28 PM UTC

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President Joe Biden encouraged world leaders to strengthen their fight against global warming even as the war in Ukraine complicates action, insisting that “climate security and energy security go hand in hand.”

“We cannot let the critical goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius slip out of our reach,” Biden said Friday during a virtual summit with representatives of top-emitting countries and the European Union.