Summary
This week, President Joe Biden is set to reveal his plan for tackling the climate crisis. In an article from The Guardian, the climate crisis is described to be one of his administration’s top priorities. Biden will host a virtual summit of 40 world leaders, with the US setting the tone by revealing its own emissions pledge. It is essential that the US is strong in its plan for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in order for the world’s biggest carbon emitters to follow suit. Only then will there be a chance of the 2015 Paris agreement being fulfilled. 


The UK’s president of Cop26, Alok Sharma, is skeptical that with today’s global targets we have any chance to meet the Paris agreement temperature goal. However, the UK itself has submitted ambitious targets, aiming to cut emissions further and faster than any other developed country has yet agreed. 
AUTHOR
Clemmie Taylor Smith, Researcher, The Decision Problem ​