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US President Joe Biden, speaking at the White House on April 2, 2021, is hoping to ramp up global action on climate through a virtual summit"This is an event President Biden set for himself to do. It wasn't imposed externally. So you can expect that he wants to make it visual to the rest of the world that the United States can and will lead on climate," said Alice Hill, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations who advised former president Barack Obama on climate.
"Could Trump or someone like Trump come back in 2024? It's definitely a possibility and that's on everybody's mind," he said. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally, ahead of the summit promised Biden he would honor his country's previous commitment to end illegal deforestation by 2030, although environmentalists are skeptical on his record on preserving the Amazon -- which serves a vital role sucking up carbon.
Kerry also met briefly on climate with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov when the two found themselves at the same hotel in New Delhi, a US official said.In the absence of the United States under Trump, China took an increasingly prominent role alongside the European Union, the longstanding champion of climate agreements, with President Xi Jinping last year pledging to go carbon neutral by 2060.
US can't lead anything anymore... They are yesterday's 'hero'
Wonder who’s idea that was? Obama perhaps?
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