The president said ‘with confidence’ that the US would meet its emissions targets by 2030.
„:“US President Joe Biden addressed the COP27 climate conference in Egypt on Friday, saying the global climate crisis posed an existential threat to the planet and promising that the United States was doing its part to combat it. “The climate crisis is about human security, economic security, environmental security, national security, and the very life of the planet,” Biden said, before outlining steps the United States, the world’s second-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, was taking. “I can stand here as president of the United States of America and say with confidence, the United States of America will meet our emissions targets by 2030,” he said His speech was intended to remind government representatives gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh to keep alive a goal of keeping the global average temperature rise within 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) to avert the worst impacts of planetary warming. China’s carbon emissions set to drop while US set for rise, study forecasts It came even as a slew of crises – from a land war in Europe to rampant inflation – distract international focus.
