Climate: what the return of the United States to the Paris agreement means
Joe Biden comes at a time when climate change is being recognized at an all time high and the American public is eager to act.
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Joe Biden took seventeen presidential actions as soon as he entered the White House on Wednesday to go back on Donald Trump's flagship measures by committing in particular the return of the United States to the Paris climate agreement.
An agreement that the United States left in November 2019. What is the scope of this measure?
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Donald Trump called it “
horrible, expensive, one-sided
”.
Barely arrived, Joe Biden signs the great return of the United States in the concert of nations fighting against global warming.
An action that the new president wants more than symbolic since he has also announced that he wants to bring together the leaders of the most polluting nations for a summit where he intends to convince them to increase their commitment.
Nationally, Joe Biden will present his ambitious
$ 2 trillion
climate
plan
next month
.
Objective: to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050.
The new administration plans to impose strict limits on industrial oil and gas infrastructure and to reinstate regulations on
car emissions standards
canceled by its predecessor.
It is on the strength of his actions that John Kerry, the man who will represent America in the negotiations, should arrive at the next COP next November, if all goes well, in Glasgow.
Joe Biden promises to face the climate crisis and build a clean energy economy.
This is good news for the countries signatory to the Paris Agreement.
It remains to be seen how he will be supported in the coming months in these projects by Congress and the Senate.
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See also: Climate: the delicate position of the United States and Brazil, five years after the Paris Agreement
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