On Earth Day, with a video showing the effects of climate change, the climate summit convened online by Joe Biden. “No nation can solve this problem alone, and this summit is a step towards a way to ensure a secure, prosperous and sustainable future,” tweeted the American president just before the international summit began. “We are determined to act. By responding to and fighting climate change, I see the opportunity to create millions of jobs. It is the decisive decade to avoid the worst consequences: we must act. This summit is the first step on the path that we must take together, ”Biden said from the East Room of the White House, starting the work of the summit of world leaders.
The US president then declared that the United States “will reduce its pollution by half by the end of this decade” (compared to 2005). “We have the opportunity to create well-paid jobs, equity and sustainable access to energy,” echoed US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
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The objective was also agreed by the Chinese president Xi Jinping, according to which the nations of the earth must commit themselves to green development, to a sustainable economy for future generations. “This is the way to boost productivity.” For the Beijing leader, the Silk Road project “can contribute to greater well-being and to create a cleaner world“. “China will be carbon neutral by 2060,” Xi later announced.
Even the Canadian Prime Minister Justin trudeau stated that the American country will “aggressively” cut greenhouse gas emissions over the next decade, promising a reduction of between 40% and 45% below 2005 levels by 2030. This is a more ambitious goal than that set in 2015, equal to 30%.
DOSSIER / Earth Day