Biden at Climate Conference: "Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions" Israel today

At the beginning of the online conference, the US President said: "We will reduce the amount by half by 2030" • Prime Minister Netanyahu will speak at the conference tomorrow - and set goals for the transition to renewable energy

• US President Biden, in the White House, today

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After former President Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris Accords and withdrew almost all of Washington's commitments against climate change, President Joe Biden made a sharp U-turn by setting today (Thursday) the most ambitious environmental targets the US has known.

At a virtual climate conference hosted by the US administration, attended by leaders from 40 countries, the president announced that the United States is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 50% in less than a decade, by 2030.

After re-joining the Paris Agreements, the US, ranked second in the world in greenhouse gas emissions after China, hopes that the dramatic target it has set for itself will return it to a leading position in the international community in the fight against global warming and pollution.

"This is a decade in which we must make decisions that will prevent the most severe consequences of the climate crisis," President Biden said in a speech from the White House.

The United States is determined to act.

You can't go wrong with the signs, science is unequivocal and the price of standing on the sidelines is growing ... Countries that will take decisive action now will be the ones to reap the fruits of clean energy in the economic boom that will come. "

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who also attended the conference, said the new US target was a "game year".

The goal set by Biden is part of an even more ambitious plan - to completely clean up the U.S. economy by 2050. The sharp cut in greenhouse gas emissions will require dramatic steps from a variety of sectors, including power plants and automotive giants - though the current administration has not set industry-specific targets.

The 50% cut in greenhouse gas emissions not only puts the United States in the opposite direction from that led by Biden's predecessor, but it circumvents the target set by another American leader, who is also considered a "green president." Undertook to reduce emission rates by between 26% and 28% by 2025. The new commitment almost doubles these targets, which were also considered ambitious in their own right.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Netanyahu is expected to speak at a conference tomorrow.

In his speech, the Prime Minister set Israeli goals for the transition to renewable energy.

Netanyahu is expected to say that Israel is not only working to put an end to fossil fuels and find solutions to the climate crisis, but it is also helping to strengthen Israeli-Arab peace through cooperation in agriculture and water, thanks to its leadership in the field.

In addition, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi held an event last night in his office on the occasion of Earth Day, which took place yesterday.

The event inaugurated a virtual exhibition of 15 Israeli technology companies that provide a solution to environmental problems.

"From our commitment to tackle the climate and environmental crisis, for the benefit of billions around the world," said Minister Ashkenazi.