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a videoconference with the leaders of 40 countries around the world to discuss climate change countermeasures, US President Biden declared that he would cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.
President Moon Jae-in and other leaders of other countries responded, but China and Russia showed a subtle temperature difference.
This is Kim Yoon-soo, a correspondent from Washington.
At the
opening speech of
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, US President Biden proposed a new goal to reduce greenhouse gases.
[Biden/US President: The US has launched a plan to cut greenhouse gases in half by 2030 (compared to 2005).]
At the time of the Paris Climate Agreement, the Obama administration proposed to reduce greenhouse gases by 26-28% by 2025. Compared to that, it has been greatly upgraded.
President Moon Jae-in also responded by saying that he would raise the existing reduction target.
[President Moon Jae-in: Korea will raise the '2030 National Greenhouse Gas Reduction Target' and submit it to the United Nations within this year.]
Prime Ministers of Germany and Britain also expressed their welcome, saying that the United States has returned.
The leaders of China and Russia also participated, but there was a temperature difference, reflecting the deteriorating relationship with the United States.
While sympathizing with the cooperation to solve the climate problem, it did not set a new goal.
In particular, Chinese President Xi Jinping argued that developed countries, which have produced a lot of carbon emissions, should help developing countries reduce carbon, as if aimed at the United States.
[Chi Jinping/President of China: The principle of taking common but differentiated responsibilities should be a basic premise for climate cooperation in the international community.]
On the first day of inauguration, President Biden returned to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, where former President Trump withdrew from the US It is an evaluation that the restoration of leadership in climate change is in earnest.