On the 19th, the United States will return to the Paris Agreement, an international framework for combating global warming.
The Biden administration intends to consider greenhouse gas reduction targets and play a leading role in accelerating measures, which will lead to the restoration of leadership in the international community.
President Biden of the United States submitted a document to the United Nations on the 20th of last month, the first day of his inauguration, to return to the "Paris Agreement" that former President Trump left.
On the 19th, 30 days after submission, the United States will return to the agreement in accordance with the regulations.
The Byden administration is aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to virtually zero by 2050, and is planning to consider the greenhouse gas reduction targets required by the agreement and submit them to the United Nations by April.
In addition to studying financial plans to support emission reductions in developing countries, a summit was held on April 22 in which the leaders of major greenhouse gas emitting countries participated, and measures were taken in cooperation with each country. I'm going to accelerate.
A spokesman for the State Department told NHK that "we need to get other countries to accelerate our efforts. We will encourage each country to set the most ambitious goals." In response, he expressed his intention to call for raising the greenhouse gas reduction target.
President Biden has positioned climate change countermeasures as a central issue in diplomacy and security, and hopes to return to the "Paris Agreement" and take the lead in countermeasures, which will lead to the restoration of leadership in the international community.