POBNEWS24, Dhaka Nov 1, 2021 :US President Joe Biden is going to take part in the upcoming COP-27 climate conference. However, the role of the United States in tackling the climate crisis at the conference is in doubt. It is feared that Biden will not be able to present any concrete proposals from the United States to address the climate crisis.
A bill proposed to get funding for tackling the climate crisis did not get the support of a section of Democrats in Congress, the AFP news agency reported. As a result, it has become difficult to pass the law before Sunday.
Last Thursday, Biden proposed a Build Back Better Act to address the climate crisis. The law called for an allocation of ৭ 1.85 trillion to address the climate crisis. Using that money, the White House said the United States wants to achieve its goal of reducing carbon emissions by at least 50 percent by the next decade.
However, due to disagreements among Democrats, the law is unlikely to be passed before Sunday local time. And the COP-28 conference is going to start tomorrow. If the law is passed, Biden could have pledged নে 500 billion to achieve carbon emissions targets at the climate conference.
At the COP-27 summit, the US president wanted the United States to play a leading role in building a carbon-free world. However, analysts believe that his hopes have been dashed by the controversy in Congress.
Seldon Kimber, head of Intersect Power, an organization that works with environmentally friendly fuels, said the “Build Back Better” law was a big step in achieving Biden’s goal of tackling the climate crisis. However, achieving this goal requires a collective will, social consensus and leadership in the public and private sectors.
“Of all the things we’ve done so far on the climate issue, the proposal to build back better is the most important,” said Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts.
The COP-26, which kicked off in Glasgow, Scotland on October 31, is being touted as the most important climate conference since the Paris Agreement.
The talks are seen as an important step in determining the rate of carbon emissions around the world to slow the pace of global warming.
