Biden will be in a far different position from last year’s gathering, which came about during a particularly unhappy stretch in the bill’s tortuous path to passage.
Speaking at the COP27 summit Wednesday, former U.S. vice president and climate activist Al Gore called Biden a “climate hero in my book,” adding that “the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act represents the most significant pro-climate legislation ever passed by any nation in all of history.”It remained to be seen whether Biden would address the item top of mind at the climate talks: loss and damage.
Prospects for a significant breakthrough are further dampened as major emitters such as China and India are sending less-senior delegations. Biden administration officials have tried to lower expectations for results at the meeting and instead cast it as a return to U.S. leadership on the issue. “We hope ... it will resonate within the collective will of the negotiating groups that the United States is party to, but also in creating a momentum for the conference, for the parties to deliver what is expected,” he said.U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said Biden would also broach the issue of human rights when he meets with El-Sisi, whose government has taken an authoritarian turn, and with other leaders on the trip.
After his brief stop in Egypt, Biden will continue on to Cambodia for a summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to reinforce the U.S. commitment to the region in the face of China’s increasing assertiveness.
Why would the UN host a climate conference in one of the dirtiest countries of the planet?
Biden 'press other nations to make good on their pledges'?🤣🤣🤣 Where is your $11.4B promised per year? Where is US road map on peak carbon by 2030? Will US betray climate conference again if Republicans ever comes back?
يتجه الرئيس_الأمريكي جو_بايدن إلى مؤتمر_الأمم_المتحدة_للمناخ في مصر ، حيث من المتوقع أن يضغط على الدول الأخرى للوفاء بتعهداتها بخفض انبعاثات غازات الاحتباس الحراري والانتقال نحو مصادر طاقة أنظف.
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Uh, that should have happened years ago and they still haven't done it.
Head to Iran where 14,000 people are set to be executed fir protesting
Wash, rinse, repeat.
Um, say what? Isn't the US the 2nd biggest emitter of greenhouse gases Who will he talk to - China and himself?
Why aren't they doing Zoom anymore? Why are they emitting tons and tons of carbon into the air flying to get there? This is moronic! It's because it's all fake. How do you expect people to join your cult when you tell them to cut out something you are still doing? Sickos.
Can’t wait to hear what he tries to say.
Ahh yes… I’m sure African and Southeast Asian farms will be quick to adapt to any new climate related requirements
Nothing like flying halfway across the world to lecture others on their carbon emissions. 🤦🏼♂️
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Waste of time given current international tensions, cant even stop them from killing each other never mind climate goals.
Like China? Is China gonna comply with any of this? The answer is no isn’t it?