Noting the devastation of storm Ida in New York, the US president called to “listen to scientists, economists, national security specialists” on the dangers of climate change
Joe Biden, visiting New Jersey and New York on Tuesday to assess the damage of the murderous storm Ida, called for urgent action against climate change.
The American president first went to New Jersey, neighboring New York State, very affected by the disaster, then to the New York district of Queens.
“We have to listen to scientists, economists, national security specialists, all of them tell us that we are on red alert, that the country and the world are in danger” because of climate change, he said in a speech from Queens, after visiting an area hard hit by Ida.
Devastating floods on Wednesday evening left 47 people dead in the US megalopolis and its region, causing widespread damage.
Images of the New York subway where torrential rains poured out have traveled the world.
Joe Biden had already traveled last Friday to Louisiana, the first American state ravaged by Ida, which then had the power of a category 4 hurricane.
Investing in the climate crisis
The Democratic President did not fail to underline the urgency for the United States to invest massively in the face of the climate crisis, in particular to adapt their aging infrastructures to the feared multiplication of extreme weather events.
“Every dollar we invest will allow us to save 6, because in the next disaster, the flood will be contained, the fire will not spread as much, the electricity will not be cut”, he said. he says.
Joe Biden has launched two major investment programs, one in infrastructure (roads, bridges, electricity grid) and the other in social benefits (education, health, etc.), for a cumulative amount that could approach $ 5,000 billion.
It still needs to get them adopted by the American Congress, by achieving a difficult reconciliation between the interests of certain elected representatives of the Republican opposition.
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