Climate Politics
Biden Urges Global Carbon Cut, Pledges $1 Billion to UN Fund
- President pledges 50% of vehicles zero-emission by 2030
- New IEA analysis finds world on track for dangerous warming
Joe Biden
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President Joe Biden implored world leaders to strengthen their carbon-cutting ambitions and unite behind a pledge to make half of all light-duty vehicles sold in 2030 emission-free models.
“Today, we have to do more than recognize the climate challenges we face,” Biden said Thursday as he opened a meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate that brings together some of the world’s top emitters, such as China, Japan, Germany and Saudi Arabia. “It seems to me we have to recommit ourselves to action while we still have the time.”