Paris:
French President Emmanuel Macron lauded new US President Joe Biden’s selection to return to the Paris climate accord on Wednesday, telling him “welcome back” in a congratulatory message following his inauguration.
“Best wishes on this most significant day for the American people!” Macron tweeted in English.
“We are together. We will be stronger to face the challenges of our time. Stronger to build our future. Stronger to protect our planet. Welcome back to the Paris Agreement!”
To @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris.
Best wishes on this most important day for the American men and women!
We are with each other.
We will be stronger to face the challenges of our time. Stronger to construct our future. Stronger to shield our planet. Welcome back to the Paris Agreement!– Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) January 20, 2021
Biden, who served as vice president below Barack Obama and initially ran for president in 1987, plans to kick off his tenure with a flurry of 17 orders.
He will instantly rejoin the climate accord and quit the US exit from the World Health Organization, as effectively as setting new paths on immigration, the atmosphere, Covid-19 and the economy.
Following his a single-year notice in 2019, Trump formally pulled the United States out of the Paris climate accord in November final year, claiming it “was designed to kill the American economy” rather than save the atmosphere.
Reentering the Paris agreement, which was agreed in 2015, is a 30-day procedure that starts when the US sends a letter to the UN.
The accord committed all nations to reduce carbon emissions to limit warming to two degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels and encouraged them to go down to 1.5 degrees.
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