A trip to Rome invigorated a president whose poll numbers are slumping at home, but who projected confidence in his foreign and domestic agenda.
Tag: United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
At Climate Talks, Biden Will Try to Sell American Leadership to Skeptics
The president wants to assure Glasgow’s climate summit that the U.S. is serious about climate change. But he lacks a legislative win at home.
G20 Leaders Agree on 1.5-Degree Climate Goal
Countries will “pursue efforts” to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, compared with preindustrial times.
How Rising Energy Prices Have Complicated Europe’s Climate Crisis
Prices for power have soared, and some politicians are now trying to use that as a lever to slow action on climate change, a strategy with far-reaching consequences.
‘America Is Back,’ Biden Declared in June. The World Is About to Test Him.
Arriving in Europe with an unfinished economic and environmental spending plan, the president will confront new challenges, some self-inflicted, at two major summits.
Biden Declared ‘America is Back’ in June. The World Is About to Test Him.
Arriving in Europe with an unfinished economic and environmental spending plan, the president will confront new challenges, some self-inflicted, at two major summits.
Queen Elizabeth Will Skip Climate Summit in Glasgow
The 95-year-old queen, after 70 years on the throne, is the oldest and longest-serving monarch in British history.
The Rich World’s Promise of $100 Billion in Climate Aid Inches Forward
Diplomats announced a plan to make good on an unkept promise of climate aid, a key point of tension in upcoming global climate talks.
Why Australia Won’t Commit to Slashing Carbon Emissions
The country has fallen behind other developed nations in its commitment to slashing carbon emissions. Neither fires nor international pressure has pushed it away from coal and other fossil fuels.
On a Pacific Island, Russia Tests Its Battle Plan for Climate Change
President Vladimir V. Putin long dismissed the threat posed by global warming. But fires, disasters and foreign pressure have prompted him to change course.