Biden says the climate crisis is about 'very life of the planet'
November 12, 2022 12:36am
"I can stand here as president of the United States of America and say with confidence, the United States of America will meet our emissions targets by 2030," he said. Prior to his arrival, Biden’s administration sought to set the stage by unveiling a domestic plan to crack down hard on the U.S. oil and gas industry’s emissions of methane, one of the most powerful greenhouse gases, in a move that defied months of lobbying by drillers.
Scientists say emissions must instead drop 43% by that time to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial temperatures as targeted by the Paris Agreement of 2015 — the threshold above which climate change risks start spinning out of control.
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