The American president assured that his country would respect the objectives set for emissions by 2030.
Le Monde with AP and AFP
Joe Biden arrived on Friday, November 11 in Charm El-Cheikh, in Egypt for COP27. Three days after the mid-term elections that saw the Democrat camp resist against the republican opposition, the American president presented his investment plan of $ 370 billion for the climate, the biggest check for the environment never signed in the United States. A colossal plan, equivalent to 1.5 % of the country’s GDP, which will allow it to reach its objectives which are to reduce its emissions by at least half by 2030, assured Mr. Biden.
In a speech, he asked for additional efforts from “all countries” in terms of climate. “At this meeting, we must renew and raise our climatic ambitions. The United States acted, everyone must act, it is the responsibility of world leadership,” he said during a short Appearance at the international summit, ensuring that the United States was doing its part in this fight to limit warming. “To win this fight, each country among the main transmitters must line up on + 1.5 ° C,” he added in this discourse interrupted a few seconds by activists against fossil fuels.
Time is in a hurry while greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels combustion, of which the United States is the world’s leading producer and consumer, will again reach records in 2022, according to A reference report published on Friday.
The Paris climate agreement aims to limit warming clearly below +2 ° C compared to the pre -industrial era, if possible at +1.5 ° C. The text provides for a shared responsibility, but “differentiated” depending on the country. However, developing countries regularly recall developed countries with their responsibility for emissions, asking them to do more.
expected on help for the poorest countries
The American president was also expected on the subject of financial solidarity with the most disadvantaged countries, more affected by climate change. Washington has not yet kept its commitments as part of the promise of rich countries to provide $ 100 billion in the poorest, to combat emissions and adapt to climate change.
President Biden embarked on a contribution of 11.4 billion by 2024. A promise that a future republican majority could block. Friday, Mr. Biden did not return to this commitment. “We are going to press for the adoption of credit law bills,” said the France-Presse Kathy Castor agency, Democratic president of the Special Commission of the Chamber on the climate crisis. “The president’s commitment to be a partner and united all over the world is clear. It was constant on this point,” journalists told his climate advisor, Ali Zaidi.
While climatic disasters – droughts affecting harvests, heatwaves, megafose, floods – multiply around the world, the most affected countries are now demanding funds for “loss and damage” suffered. Wednesday, at COP27, the special American climate emissary John Kerry, wanted to step over the question by ensuring that “no government in the world has money” to put the necessary “billions” on the table, And that we should therefore find ways to enlist the private sector.