The president of USA, Joe Bidendeclared Wednesday that he could not deny that the world is facing a climate crisis, after Hurricane Idalia tore through the Big Bend region, in Floridaand will force the evacuation of millions of residents.
“I think no one can deny the impact of the climate crisis anymore,” Biden told reporters at the White House. “Just look around us. Historic floods. I mean, historic floods. More intense droughts, extreme heat, major forest fires have caused significant damage.”
Biden has made fighting climate change a key goal of his presidency, setting a goal of halving US emissions by 2030 relative to 2005 levels, and establishing hundreds of billions of dollars in tax credits. to promote electric vehicles.
Some Republican lawmakers, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who is running for the Republican presidential nomination, continue to oppose a series of measures aimed at curbing emissions.
DeSantis signed into law a sweeping law in May that prohibits state officials from investing public money to further environmental, social and governance objectives and limits the sale of ESG bonds.
Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called it “deception” the “climate agenda” during the Republican debate last week.
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell on Wednesday refused to blame climate change on the storm, but said her agency was seeing a sharp increase in the number of severe weather events.
On Tuesday, he told reporters that extreme storms were part of the “new normal” facing Americans, adding that investments in resilience and mitigation were critical to preparing for future storms.
Source: Reuters
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