The closing day of the two-day summit on climate change is to feature Bill Gates and Mike Bloomberg, electrical and steelworker union leaders and executives for solar and other renewable energy. “Climate change is more than a threat,” Mr Biden declared on Thursday’s opening day of his climate summit. “Toothless requests of our foreign adversaries … and maximum pain for American citizens.”Bill Gates is set to appear at Joe Biden’s climate summit on Friday (Dominic Lipinski/PA)In an announcement timed for his summit, Mr Biden pledged the US would cut fossil fuel emissions as much as 52% by 2030. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his nation would boost its fossil fuel pollution cuts from 30% to at least 40%. World leaders virtually attend the summit on Thursday (Mustafa Kamaci/Turkish Presidency/AP)Mr Biden was scheduled to address the summit on Friday at a session on the “economic opportunities of climate action”.

Source: Irish Examiner April 23, 2021 05:07 UTC