Climate change

Climate change is an existential threat that the United States must lead on. And your appointment is a welcome sign.

Africa is one of the most negatively affected continents as a consequence of the climate crisis.

China produces more emissions than all the rest of the OECD countries put together.

The Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg comes from Norway, has visited Svalbard, has seen firsthand the effects in the Arctic of climate change.

They believe this is a climate crisis now.

Climate is existential for everybody on the planet. We have to deal with it.

We all know climate change is not free, it is not going to pay for itself.

The United States is contributing a declining share of global annual emissions.

If we truly want to reduce emissions, we must keep all these options on the table.

Yet, the Paris Agreement does the bare minimum to hold the PRC accountable.

The People's Republic of China is the world's leading greenhouse gas emitter, and is responsible for almost 30 percent of global emissions.

However, the answer is not the Paris Agreement in its current form.

I believe the climate is changing. And we must take steps to address it.

Even if we achieve our ambitious goals of keeping 1.5 percent warming within reach, our children will still have to learn to live on a dramatically changed planet.

Last month's Leaders Summit on Climate, the first summit for the Biden Administration, was another strong signal to the world that the U.S. is back after years of costly absence.

I believe that we need to take bold action to address climate change and protect our planet for future generations.

Electric vehicles are the future of transportation, and we need to invest in them to create new jobs and combat climate change.

The worst pandemic in over 100 years. The worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. The most compelling call for racial justice since the 60’s. And the undeniable realities and accelerating threats of climate change.