Joe Biden warns world faces ‘pivotal moment’ in fight against climate crisis – as it
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US president Joe Biden addressed the conference, asking world leaders to “do more”
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He used the speech to unveil a number of new measures, including a plan to slash emissions of methane in the US, support new early warning systems for extreme weather disasters in Africa and a deal to back new solar and wind projects in Egypt in return for the country decommissioning gas power plants and cutting its emissions.
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The speech was briefly interrupted by youth and Indigenous activists from the US, calling on Biden to stop pushing fossil fuel extraction.
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Grant Shapps, the UK business secretary, said that the UK would continue to use and develop North Sea oil and gas as long as it generated lower carbon dioxide…
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