Joe Biden signs his first presidential decrees, in particular to join the Paris Agreement, on January 20, 2021 in the Oval Office of the White House.
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He wasted no time.
A few hours after taking the oath on the steps of the Capitol, Joe Biden sat down in front of the "resolute desk" of the Oval Office of the White House.
And with a stroke of a pencil, he signed by decree the return of the United States to the Paris climate agreement.
đź”´Breaking: That's it, Joe Biden signed his first decrees, including the one to join the Paris Agreement #InaugurationDay #ParisAccord pic.twitter.com/C9YaX9srhc
- Philippe Berry (@ptiberry) January 20, 2021
The two-line decree was then posted on the White House website.
A return that Emmanuel Macron had welcomed a little earlier: “Welcome back!
It is together that we can succeed in meeting the challenges of our time.
It is all together that we will be able to change the climate situation by acting for our planet, ”the Head of State wrote on Twitter.
Blocked Keystone XL pipeline
UN chief Antonio Guterres “warmly” welcomed this measure, while calling on Joe Biden to set new “ambitious” climate goals for the United States.
Appointed Special Envoy for the Climate, John Kerry said that the return of the United States to this agreement "restored America's credibility", but was only a starting point.
“It's time to get down to business,” he tweeted.
In the process, Joe Biden also suspended drilling in an area of ​​the Arctic, and blocked the Keystone XL pipeline project, between Canada and the United States.
Barack Obama had already opposed it, but Donald Trump had reversed his decision.
Sensitive subject between Ottawa and Washington, the pipeline was to be on the menu, Friday morning, from the first phone call with a foreign leader, that Joe Biden reserved for Justin Trudeau.
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