“The president, members of congress and the state department have come to this international forum on climate change proposing false solutions that will not get us to 1.5 degrees,” said Big Wind, 29, member of the Northern Arapaho tribe in Wyoming. The protesters were youth and Indigenous activists from the US, calling on Biden to stop pushing fossil fuel extraction. “Against this backdrop, it’s more urgent than ever that we double down on our climate commitment.”īiden, who was briefly interrupted by a small band of whooping climate protesters, said the US was committed to helping developing countries hurt worst by climate impacts but did not mention providing payments via “loss and damage”, the hot topic of Cop27 and the most pressing issue for vulnerable communities already suffering from worsening catastrophes. “It’s been a difficult few years the interconnected challenges we face can seem all-consuming,” said Biden, who accused Vladimir Putin of using “energy as a weapon” in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an action that has caused energy and food prices to soar globally. Scientists have warned that the world is heading for disastrous levels of global heating, with emissions still not falling fast enough to avoid severe heatwaves, wildfires, droughts and other impacts of the climate crisis. Everyone has to keep accelerating progress throughout this decisive decade.”īiden, buoyed by better than expected midterm election results for Democrats this week, said that governments need to “put down significant markers of progress” in reducing emissions.

We can no longer plead ignorance of the consequences of our actions or continue to repeat our mistakes. “If we are going to win this fight, every major emitter needs to align with 1.5C. “Let’s raise both our ambition and speed of our efforts,” he said in his speech on Friday in Sharm el-Sheikh.

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