Developing economies need to take meaningful mitigation adaptation actions as well, but they’re going to need help. And then - and then continue to raise our standards. But the math only works if every country does its part and those countries that don’t have the wherewithal get the kind of help they need.Įvery major economy needs to enhance its Paris targets, in my view, to a level that will keep our goal within reach. That’s a goal line with limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. greenhouse gases emissions by 50 to 52 percent below 2005 levels by 2030. The United States, if - if I have anything to do with it, will do - will do our part.Īs I said earlier today, we’ve set ambitious goals of reducing U.S. And I’ll - I apologize if I’m repeating some of what you’ve already said. Or are they going to say that in the 2020s, we stepped up and we saw that we took the - took the kind of actions that - to unite the world and do what’s necessary - the larger countries - to meet our broader obligations beyond our own countries?Īction and solidarity, that’s what’s required. It’s not just where we are in 2050, but this decade is going to determine whether we meet our goals, in my view.Īnd when future historians look back on the 2020s, in my view, I think they’ll find that - that we let this final chance to stem the crisis slip through our fingers because we did too little or failed to act.
To my fellow leaders, we’re all here gathered in Glasgow because, I think, this is a - this is a critical decade. Didn’t expect to be called at this moment. PRESIDENT BIDEN: Well, thank you very much.
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