Climate talks will test Biden’s pledge to make global heating a priority

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/27/joe-biden-climate-talks-global-heating

Summit is designed to revive a US-convened forum of the world’s major economies that previous administrations had allowed to lapse

Joe Biden vowed to make the fight against global heating a top priority.
Joe Biden vowed to make the fight against global heating a top priority.Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images

Edward Helmoreand agenciesSat 27 Mar 2021 17.22 EDT

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Joe Biden is doubling down on his reset of his predecessor’s environmental policies by inviting the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and Xi Jinping of China to the first big climate talks of his administration next month aimed at increasing cooperation to fight global heating.

The Leaders Summit on Climate talks, scheduled to be held virtually on 22 and 23 April, are an opportunity for the US to shape, hasten and deepen global efforts to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuel pollution, administration officials told the Associated Press.

According to the White House,40 invitations went out on Friday to leaders that encompass a range of…

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