The US administration has defined its goals and plans to combat global warming at home, the efforts it seeks to make to help the countries of the world in this regard, and the economic opportunities that can be obtained while addressing the crisis.
Addressing the United Nations Climate Summit in Glasgow on Monday, US President Joe Biden pledged to cut carbon emissions by 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, and then to "zero" by 2050, while creating good jobs while that.
Biden said his administration was "working overtime to show that our climate commitment is action, not rhetoric."
He referred to a plan before Congress that would allow allocating more than $500 billion to tackle the phenomenon, a package he described as "the most important investment to deal with the climate crisis in any developed country at all."
- Addressing a problem and creating opportunities
Biden said that this package, along with the infrastructure package approved by the Senate, allocates about 900 billion dollars to address the phenomenon. Addressing the summit, he said, "In the context of a growing catastrophe, I believe there is a wonderful opportunity, not just for the United States, but for all of us" to harness clean energy, create millions of jobs, and preserve the environment.
The White House says in a fact sheet on its website about the administration's ongoing efforts that the "Building Back Better" plan to fight the climate (waiting congressional approval), includes reducing global warming strikes by more than 1 gigaton by 2030, and reducing clean energy costs. for families, creating hundreds of thousands of well-paid and union jobs.
Biden's climate adviser, Gina McCarthy, said in previous statements that the carbon reduction plan "demonstrates how, within 3 decades, the United States can meet our global climate commitments by decarbonizing the energy sector, powering transportation and buildings, and transforming industry." ".
The White House says "President Biden's bold agenda, along with his robust executive and regulatory actions underscore the United States' intent to seize the economic opportunity presented by tackling climate change."
- Helping developing countries
Biden revealed in his speech, Monday, Washington's efforts to help the world, and said: "We want to do more to help countries around the world, especially developing countries, to accelerate the transition to clean energy and tackle pollution."
In a statement, the White House said the president "is committed to partnering with countries most in need to enhance the resilience of societies and economies around the world, including those vulnerable to the inevitable impacts of climate change, and to reduce tensions and risks of instability."
That assistance includes launching a new program to help developing countries adapt to climate change that the White House hopes will provide $3 billion in funding a year by fiscal year 2024, "the largest ever US commitment to reduce climate impacts on those most vulnerable to climate change worldwide." around the world,” according to the fact sheet.
The White House expects the program to help more than half a billion people in developing countries adapt to and manage the effects of climate change by 2030.
The program includes 3 axes, namely providing information about the phenomenon and providing solutions, providing plans and programs, and providing financing funds in cooperation with the private sector.
The programme, known by the acronym PREPARE, or the "Presidential Contingency Plan for Resilience and Resilience," will need congressional approval, according to the NPR website. John Kerry, Biden's special climate envoy, has emphasized the need to help private sector companies provide financing.
Kerry said, according to NPR, that the United States plans to work with a number of countries to achieve their climate goals, such as helping Saudi Arabia implement the Clean Hydrogen Initiative to promote the use of renewable energy sources, and working with Indonesia to reduce the rate of deforestation.
The White House says the administration's current plan to address climate change includes the introduction of the first US adaptation plan under the Paris Climate Agreement, which sets out US priorities, policies, and initiatives to implement adaptation and resilience strategies domestically and in at-risk countries and communities around the world.
It also includes launching the United States' long-term strategy to achieve the president's goal of reducing US emissions to zero by 2050, consistent with limiting global warming to less than 1.5 degrees Celsius.
The strategy, according to the White House, "shows how actions can put us on the right track for sustained and deeper reductions in greenhouse gases in the 2030s and 2040s."
The White House said it was an "ambitious and achievable plan that supports a more sustainable and resilient economy, including the opportunity to create millions of high-quality jobs."
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