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"Biden’s Message on Climate Might Not Be the One the World Wants"

"The president is expected to hail the new U.S. climate law on Friday at the COP27 summit in Egypt. Other countries want to talk money."

"SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt — When President Biden walks into the United Nations climate summit here on Friday, he could fairly boast of returning the United States to the global fight to keep the planet from dangerously overheating, and of turbocharging America’s move away from fossil fuels.

But instead of being hailed as a president who passed a landmark climate law, Mr. Biden will join a gathering where developing nations have spent all week excoriating the United States and other industrialized nations for causing climate change and demanding reparations — a call that some European leaders have begun to answer with monetary pledges, squeezing Mr. Biden to do the same.

President Emmanuel Macron of France said that Europe was already helping poorer countries, and that other Western nations needed to do more. “Europeans are paying,” he said. “We are the only ones paying.”"

Lisa Friedman reports for the New York Times November 10, 2022.

SEE ALSO:

"Biden Brings ‘Trust Us’ Message to Skeptical UN Climate Summit" (Bloomberg Green)

"Biden’s U.S. Climate Wins Face Global Test" (E&E News)

Source: NYTimes, 11/11/2022