Biden on the climate: "We can no longer wait, the signs are unequivocal"

2021-08-09T16:49:01.917Z

"We can no longer wait to face the climate crisis": US President Joe Biden tweeted, commenting on the UN report. "The signs are unequivocal. The science is incontrovertible. And the costs of not acting continue to rise," writes the American president. Belarus, Biden launches new sanctions: Olympic Committee also hit Biden declared that the United States is imposing new sanctions against Belarus, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the election of Alexander Lukashenko, who the United States and the international community have defined irregular. In announcing the sanctions, the White House recalled the forced landing of the European airliner traveling in the country's airspace to arrest an important journalist from theopposition. Among those cited by the Treasury Department in the new sanctions are Belaruskali OAO, which is one of the largest state-owned enterprises in Belarus and a source of wealth for the regime; the Belarusian National Olympic Committee; and 15 private companies, including the major Belarusian bank Absolutbank, which have links to the Lukashenko regime.