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Biden pledges international finance plan as he presides over virtual global climate summit

April 22, 2021 at 9:51 p.m. EDT
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President Biden said Thursday that he would launch an international climate finance plan to help underwrite the transition to a decarbonized global economy as he presided over a virtual summit of world leaders and called combating climate change “a moral imperative.”

As Biden watched from the East Room of the White House, a parade of heads of government appeared virtually, many of them making new pledges to cut emissions and thanking him for taking a leadership role on the issue.  

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