Biden invited 40 country leaders to the climate conference, including the president of Russia and the prime minister of China

Last update: 27.03.2021 | 9:55

The President of the United States, Joe Biden, yesterday (Friday) invited 40 heads of state to the first climate conference to be held during his tenure, including his rivals Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese Prime Minister Xi Jingping. The conference will be held on April 22 and 23. Senior Biden administration officials told the Associated Press that they hope the event will help shape, accelerate and deepen the international effort to reduce the use of fossil fuels, which exacerbate the climate crisis.

Biden intends to resume the US-led forum of major economies in the world, which was used by former Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, and Donald Trump let it fade. To Soren and adopted a polluting policy.

Hosting the conference will fulfill one of Biden’s election promises. The administration set the date for the incident near its expected declaration of a target for a sharp cut in emissions of pollutants from carbon, natural gas and fuel.

The conference, and the question of whether it will come down to mere talk or some progress, will examine Biden’s promise to put climate change high on the list of priorities, alongside political, economic problems and of course the corona. It will also pose a very public test, the results of which can be embarrassing or intensifying, to the question of whether the United States can still lead a global decision-making process, after the Trump administration withdrew from global moves and harmed long-standing alliances.

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