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A recent study revealed that the U.S. is highly unlikely to fulfill the greenhouse gas emission targets set at the Paris climate talks last year.
Beijing, Apr 19 (EFE).- United States special envoy for climate change John Kerry and his Chinese counterpart Xie Zhenhua pledged in Shanghai to "reinforce the implementation" of the Paris climate crisis agreement, China’s Environment Ministry reported Sunday. (Camera: ROMAN PILIPEY)SHOT LIST: B-ROLL OF TRAFFIC IN BEIJING AHEAD OF THE CLIMATE SUMMIT OF APRIL 22.
President-elect Joe Biden plans to start transforming America's stance on the global stage with a series of day-one executive actions. CNN reports Biden's transition team is beginning to turn his campaign-trail promises into plans he can implement early in his presidency. Sources say Biden's first focus is likely to be the worsening coronavirus pandemic. He is set to name a 12-person coronavirus task force on Monday. Biden intends to rejoin the Paris climate accord, a landmark international deal to combat climate change that Trump exited in 2017. The president-elect has also said he would rejoin the World Health Organization, which President Donald Trump moved to withdraw from this year.
Amazon chief Jezz Bezos pledges the retail giant will meet its emissions targets taken under the Paris climate accord 10 years ahead of schedule. We want to use our scope and our scale to lead the way," Bezos told a news conference in the US capital, announcing the firm would acquire 100,000 electric delivery vans to help cut its carbon fooptprint. The world's richest man, Bezos said Amazon would be the first signatory to the 2015 Paris deal to commit to meet its targets, a decade early, with other companies to follow suit. SOUNDBITE
Demonstrators march calmly in Paris during the "March of the Century" to demand answers on climate change. IMAGES
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