President Biden announced Thursday he will be convening a meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate and committing $1 billion to the U.N.'s Green Fund.
President Biden addresses the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate from the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, D.C., June 17, 2022.
The Biden Administration outlined four key topics of the meeting:"Decarbonizing Energy,""Ending Deforestation of the Amazon and Other Critical Forests,""Tackling Potent Non-CO2 Climate Pollutants" and"Accelerating Carbon Capture and Removal Technologies."meant to facilitate open dialogue about environmental issues within the context of economic growth.
"In addition to partnering on new joint efforts, leaders are expected to announce other new steps their countries are taking to fulfill their nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement," the White House said. "The President will encourage those countries whose 2030 Paris targets are not yet aligned with keeping 1.5 °C within reach to strengthen their targets by COP 28 this November in Dubai," the statement added.hosted the body's first preparatory meeting in Washington, D.C.Timothy Nerozzi is a writer for Fox News Digital. You can follow him on Twitter @timothynerozzi and can email him at timothy.nerozzi@fox.
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