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US President Joe Biden unveils a target backed by the Detroit automakers for half of all cars sold in the United States by 2030 to be zero-emission vehicles, before signing an executive order to that effect. SOUNDBITE
"The United States will double by 2024 our annual public climate financing development to developing countries," US President Joe Biden says in a speech at the virtual climate summit that he convened on Earth Day. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden on Sunday expressed his disappointment that Russia and China "basically didn't show up in terms of any commitments to deal with climate change" at the G20. SOUNDBITE
US President Joe Biden says he hopes Congress will vote on his "Build Back Better" infrastructure plan as soon as this week. "Maybe it won't work, but I believe we'll see by the end of next week at home that it's passed." Biden said during a press conference for the G20 summit in Rome. SOUNDBITE from Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden says that the agreements made at the G20 summit in Rome, including pledging to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees above Celsius, show "the power of America showing up". SOUNDBITE
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Secretary-General Professor Petteri Taalas says greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere reached new record levels last year, in a stark warning to the COP26 summit about worsening global warming. COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference, is being held in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12. SOUNDBITE
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