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.”
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End of carouselBiden committed the United States to cutting its greenhouse gas emissions as much as 52 percent by the end of this decade.
Global carbon emissions are expected to surge this year as parts of the world begin to rebound from the coronavirus pandemic.
Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg took U.S. lawmakers to task for their inaction on climate change, warning them that it will be her generation that decides their legacy.
This is Biden’s plan on cutting emissions.
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