Aviva Fried (in the United States) / Photo credit: AMAURY CORNU / HANS LUCAS / HANS LUCAS VIA AFP 08:06, July 18, 2023
For several days now, an intense heat wave has affected the United States where temperatures over 40 degrees have been recorded. Extreme conditions that push US President Joe Biden to react.
The heat wave is intense in the United States, with temperatures exceeding 45 degrees in several states. 53 degrees have even been recorded in Death Valley. A new extreme climatic episode of a series that has hit the country since the beginning of the year, and which has already cost more than 12 billion dollars. The Biden administration decided to react.
A great plan to fight climate change
The Biden government has unveiled several points of a plan to manage heat, especially in poorer neighborhoods. For example, the installation of air conditioners in six million underprivileged homes. Measures very focused on environmental justice and which are part of a major plan to fight against climate change, detailed by Vice-President Kamala Harris.
“We have set ourselves an ambitious goal of zero emissions by 2050. We know we can reduce emissions and we will do so by donating $20 billion to fund tens of thousands of climate and clean energy projects around the world. all of the United States,” she said.
China and the United States resume talks
The Biden plan wants to tackle climate problems at the local level so that the solutions respond to the real problems of the populations, but also at the global level.
John Kerry, the special envoy on the climate, is currently in Beijing. The two biggest polluters on the planet will resume the climate discussions interrupted for a year. But, the Chinese and the Americans are cold at the moment and despite the obvious urgency, it is not sure that they will find common ground.
2023-07-18 06:06:17
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