Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – President of the United States (US) Joe Biden ‘attack’ China and Russia. He said both countries had failed.
This refers to the leadership of China and Russia at the UN climate summit. Biden has criticized the absence of President Xi Jinping and President Vladimir Putin.
“The fact that China is trying to assert … a new role in the world as a world leader, does not emerge,” he said at the COP26 summit in Galsgow, Scotland. AFP, Wednesday (11/3/2021).
“How did you (China) do it and claim to be leading? … This is a big mistake … because China did not show up. The whole world looks at China and says what ‘value’ are they providing?,” he added.
The same was directed at Putin. According to him Russia has a serious climate problem.
“He has a serious climate problem,” he said.
China itself is currently the largest carbon emitter in the world. While Russia is a country ranked 4th.
Xi Jinping has never traveled abroad since the beginning of the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic. Putin himself met Biden in Geneva, Switzerland in June 2021.
Meanwhile, at the summit, Biden himself promised to increase the role of the US on climate change. Uncle Sam set a zero emission target by 2050.
“Two world leaders came to me today and said ‘thank you for your leadership. You are making a big difference here’.”
Biden’s predecessor, Donald Trump, withdrew the United States from a climate change agreement. In June 2017, Trump decided to leave the Paris Climate Agreement, which set the threshold for a global temperature increase of 2 degrees Celsius.
Trump said that this agreement had damaged the US economy. The reason, he said, was that the agreement would cost US$3 trillion in the next few decades and cost the country 6.5 million job opportunities.
This refers to a study by NERA Consulting, a funded institution American Chamber of Commerce and American Council for Capital Formation, which is also supported financially by Koch Brother. It also cancels the commitment of the previous administration, led by Barack Obama, to provide $3 billion to poor developing countries to tackle climate problems.
Meanwhile, the United Nations Trade and Development Agency (UNCTAD) said efforts around the world, including rich countries, were needed to tackle the climate crisis. Especially helping developing countries adapt to this.
According to UNCTAD, the cost of adapting to climate change in developing countries could reach US$ 300 billion by 2030. And, if mitigation targets are not met, up to US$ 500 billion by 2050.
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