'Impacts of climate change felt most by those who contributed the least' : US president Joe Biden

Speaking at the APEC Informal Dialogue at the Moscone Center in San Francisco Friday, US President Joe Biden highlighted the US' efforts to combat climate change and said, 'Over the last three years, we have helped mobilise more than half a trillion dollars in private sector investment, including to scale up technologies like offshore wind, advanced nuclear, clean hydrogen, direct air capture, and more. These investments not only put the United States on track to achieve our 1.5 degree alignment goal — aligned goal by cutting emissions by 50 percent by 2030, they are creating jobs — good-paying jobs, jobs you can raise a family on. And they are helping lower the cost of clean energy and climate technologies for nations around the world by as much as 25 percent in some areas. But we can’t stop here. We have so much more work to do.'

He further talked about the impact of the issue on the countries in the Global South and said, 'You all know as well as I do that the impacts of climate change are being felt most by those who have contributed the least to the problem. Let me say that again: You know the impacts of climate change are being felt the most by those countries that contribute the least to the problem, including developing countries. We contributed a lot here in the United States over the year — the last 300 years. That’s why I’m working with our Congress to dramatically increase international climate financing.'

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