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>> that is the ambition of the paris agreement. correct. >> it aims to become a net zero business by 2015 because of the content of it products by 2030 is that correct? >> yes and we just announced today goals to cut our emissions inhofe by 2030. >> why does the independent analysis that fails to meet the paris p agreement goals? >> i'm sorry i'm not aware of abthat independent analysis but the company that i work for is committed to the goals we have put out there my compensation isk directly linked to that and we look forward to accelerate the energy transition with full psych yourself with segments of the industry this is something we cannot do alone on needs to be done in collaboration with the government. >> from what i was reading annually through 2034 percent over the same time period and according to the 2021 united nations production gap report they must increase we are production by 4 percent to learn that warming at one.5 degrees celsius and this would equate to a more with the 30 percent decline we need to reach the goa

the paris agreement and other aspects of international climate policy.ithout objection, their written statements will be made part of the record. you are now recognized to give a five-minute presentation of your testimony. welcome. ms. fransen: chair caster, ranking member graves and members of the committee, thank you for inviting me to testify. i am a senior fellow in the climate program in that research institute. a nonprofit, nonpartisan environmental institute. my work focuses on greenhouse gas pathways and targets. you asked me to testify on how to get on track to limit climate change to less dangerous levels. i want you to know where i am coming from. on sunday, i sat in the dark to write this testimony as an atmospheric river knocked out power to my house. two months ago, on the day my nephew was supposed to start kindergarten, he was in a car heading north to flee a fire. we watch the fire to see if he would have a home to return to. these are climate impacts hurting americans today and pale in comparison to what less fortunate communities face.

you didn't lobby once on the 28 bills on the paris agreement when former president trump was debating withdrawing from the agreement in 2017, you never lobbying the white house. chevron has spent more than $54 million on lobbying on a lot of other things since 2015. so clearly when your company cares about an issue, you lobby on it, and we can see that in the report. mr. law ler, bp's 2020 shareholder report pledged to advocate for fundamental and rapid progress towards the paris climate goals. since 2015, the company has reported 488 total instances of legislative lobbying. mr. lawler, how many of those reports mention bp lobbying on the paris agreement? >> i don't have that specific number, but -- >> the answer is one. that amounts to 0.2% of your federal lobbying during that time. by comparison, you lobbied 21 times on the 2017 tax cuts bill. and i'm running out of time. i want to list for the record some information about the other organizations represented here today. since 2015, api has filed 153 lobbying reports aimed at cutting taxes for oil and gas companies. but just one lob

since the paris agreement _ fuels? definitely. since the paris agreement was - fuels? definitely.ed five years ago, nearly six years ago now, nearly $3.8 trillion have gone into fossil fuel gone into fossilfuel companies, that's coal, oil and gas companies, from just 60 banks are clearly the money is blowing in the wrong direction. we need to be stepping up our investments in renewables and climate solutions and quickly phasing out investments in fossil fuels and the energy systems of the old. i think there is a lot of banks and other financial institutions that want to have both ways, but want to continue to profit off coal, oil and gas companies make a little bit of money also offer renewables. that would have been fined 30 or a0 years ago but we are simply running out of time, the climate science is very, very clear, now is the time to act, now is the time to step up our ambition and climate action and that means getting out of fossil fuel companies. wide that means getting out of fossilfuel companies. wide if fossil fuel companies. wide if you fossilfuel companies. wide if you

this was the moment of the paris agreement was signed. it was a big deal. back in 2015, paris hosted cop21. almost every country across the globe agreed to limit global warming. each party agreed to make their own concrete plans about how they're going to tackle climate change and come back with an updated plan every five years. this is why cop26 is so important. it has been over five years since paris, so updates are due. as the president this year, the uk sees itself as a leader for climate change, being the first country to have an official climate change act. it has set out an ambitious ten point plan, including using cleaner energy sources like wind and nuclear, and pushing electric vehicles and zero emission public transport. the goal is to reach net zero by 2050. this means getting a balance. but, can it make good on these promises? some of the recent decisions around coal, oil and gas seem to go against this. remember this? the united states will withdraw from the paris climate accord. that was november 2021. president trump removed the us from the p

the paris agreement will have crumpled at the first reckoning. world's only mechanism, viable mechanism for dealing with climate change will be holed beneath the water line. right now the paris agreement and the hope that came with it is just a piece of paper. we need to feel that piece of paper, to populate it with real progress, and i know that humanity has in it the power to rise to the challenge. the uk has proved it can be dan, we have our greenhouse gas emissions by 44% in the last 30 years whilst increasing our gdp by 78%, and we are cutting our contribution to climate change more and more everyday. we have made some progress at this g20, we have had a reasonable g20. but there is a huge way still to go. we all know that we have the technology. what we need to do now is to raise the finance, but above all we need the political will in glasgow to make those commitments and to keep alive the hope of restraining the growth in our temperatures to 1.5 degrees. boris johnson in rome, _ temperatures to 1.5 degrees. boris johnson in rome, setting

the paris agreement is a covenant of hope with humanity. implementation. to get there, parties must finalise outstanding work under the agreement that has remained unfinished for far too long. every day that goes by without being able to implement the paris agreement in full is a wasted day. the accumulation of which has real—world repercussions for people throughout the world, especially the most vulnerable. i call upon parties to complete the necessary work here at cop26 that will move us towards full implementation. success is possible because we already know the pathway to solutions. the recently updated un climate change report showed that emissions continued to rise. that is bad news. the good news is that it also showed that for those nations providing a new and updated ndc, emissions are projected to decrease by 2030. but the truth is that we need even more ambitions and all nations on board, especially the highest emitters in the g 20, responsible for around 80% of global emissions. we also need to see provision of support to devel

you didn't lobby once on the 28 bills on the paris agreement when former president trump was debating withdrawing from the agreement in 2017, you never lobbying the white house. chevron has spent more than $54 million on lobbying on a lot of other things since 2015. so clearly when your company cares about an issue, you lobby on it, and we can see that in the report. mr. law ler, bp's 2020 shareholder report pledged to advocate for fundamental and rapid progress towards the paris climate goals. since 2015, the company has reported 488 total instances of legislative lobbying. mr. lawler, how many of those reports mention bp lobbying on the paris agreement? >> i don't have that specific number, but -- >> the answer is one. that amounts to 0.2% of your federal lobbying during that time. by comparison, you lobbied 21 times on the 2017 tax cuts bill. and i'm running out of time. i want to list for the record some information about the other organizations represented here today. since 2015, api has filed 153 lobbying reports aimed at cutting taxes for oil and gas companies. but just one lob

the paris agreement will have crumpled at the first reckoning.nly mechanism, viable mechanism, for dealing with climate change holed beneath the water line. right now the paris agreement and the hope that came with it is just a piece of paper, we need to fill that piece of paper, we need to fill that piece of paper, to populate it with real progress, and i know that humanity has in it the power to rise to the challenge. the uk has proved it can be done, we have lowered our greenhouse gas emissions by 44% over the last 30 years by reducing our gdp by 30% and we are cutting our contribution to climate change more and more every day. we have made some progress at this g20, we have had a reasonable g20, but there is a huge way still to go. we all know that we have the technology. what we need to do now is to raise the finance but above all really political will in glasgow to make those commitments to keep alive the hope of restraining the growth in our temperatures to 1.5 degrees. thank you very much and see you in glasgow. i will now go to questions

if we don't act now, the paris agreement will be looked at in the future not as the moment humanity opened eyes to the problem but the moment we flinched and turned away. us presidentjoe biden said the 620 countries had made tangible progress on climate, the pandemic and the economy and that the world was ready for american leadership on global issues. what we've seen again here in rome is, i think, the power of america showing up and working with our allies and partners to make progress on issues that matter to all of us. the british government says it's up to france to solve the post—brexit fishing row with the uk, by stepping back from threats over access to its ports. and in bangladesh, our science editor visits a village where rising sea levels are having devastating effects. hello and welcome to glasgow at the start of the long—awaited climate summit, c0 p26. world leaders, prominent scientists and advisers are ready for 12 days of discussion with one principal aim, to get the world to commit to reduce carbon emissions and avoid a climate catastrophe. already today, we had a glimpse

companies are pledging to get to net zero by 2040, ten years sooner than the paris agreement.n. report found that mitigation measures put the planet on a path to 2.7 degrees celsius temperature rise by the end of the century, way more than the paris agreement goal. and that current pledges will lead to a far smaller cut in greenhouse gas emissions than needed the u.n. secretary-general said less than one week before cop 26, we're still on track for a climate catastrophe. >> diana, thanks >>> and we have a weather alert, another major storm barreling into the northeast and mid-atlantic tonight where 18 million people are under coastal flood alerts the remnants of the bomb cyclone that hit the pacific northwest earlier this week. the national weather service reports the storm may cause the worst flooding since 2003. forecasters say some areas could see as much as 4 inches of rain and it comes just days after a powerful nor'easter slammed into the area heavy rain and high tides pushed water from the chesapeake bay into annapolis, maryland today the flood closing businesses and sh

the paris agreement is doing everything we can to achieve the goals are so important. i will be introducing to reaffirm international climate cooperation. i welcome all my colleagues to join these cosponsors, important legislation. my question, let me open to the panel, in what way the international climate this year for different dynamics. >> i'm happy to jump in having attended a handful of these conferences in the past. most recently with the u.s. delegation in 2009, president obama and taken and i think i would note there is a broad recognition clear entering a decisive decade on climate and we see tremendous global alignment around the recognition and if we are able to get that recognition of this which any type of agreement requires unanimous consent by these rules from a therapy critical recognition we understand the window as he pointed out your opening remarks limiting to 1.5 degrees narrowing and running out of time. i think this year is different in the sense that many countries recognize that and are willing to put ambition forward financing forward in our

but the moment that paris agreement was reached, the world said we were lymph that target, we will agreelow 2 and aim for 1.5. the difference between the two figures doesn't sound much but with the impact of global warming it is huge. some nations in africa are already at 1.5 so we are talking about the average global temperature. we will hear so much about 1.5 over the next couple of weeks. another phrase is the size of decade. that is about what is done up to 2030 is a post—2050. tell us why this deck it is crucial. we really not been keeping pace in this painfully slow negotiation. we have not been keeping pace with how quickly global temperature rises impacting on the planet and some of the scientists we have worked in a porter weather over the past four years are getting nervous about the speed of play seems melting and the loss of ice and things impacting an sea—level rise and what happens in the arctic is impacting on the maldives. this is impacting on the maldives. this is impacting on the maldives. this is impacting on the entire world. if you're the philippines of the maldives

that was the paris agreement in 2015 _ one. that was the paris agreement in 2015 the _ one.h, we are very busy with— 2015. the 620 said, "oh, we are very busy with terrorism and migration," we witt— busy with terrorism and migration," we will let— busy with terrorism and migration," we will let the hundred and 25 countries _ we will let the hundred and 25 countries at the un do all of the bil countries at the un do all of the trig deais~ — countries at the un do all of the big deals. that doesn't work. it is these _ big deals. that doesn't work. it is these 620 — big deals. that doesn't work. it is these 620 leaders that have caused 80% of— these 620 leaders that have caused 80% of the climate problem and controi— 80% of the climate problem and control 80% of the solution. if they cannot _ control 80% of the solution. if they cannot get— control 80% of the solution. if they cannot get their act together here tomorrow— cannot get their act together here tomorrow then i think there is little — tomorrow then i think there is little hope that glasgow will succeed. . ~ little hop

withdrawal from the paris agreement under president trump? guest: well, it very badly damaged u.s.stige in europe because in most of europe you do have a political consensus across the conservative political spectrum on the existence of climate change and the need to do something about it. i myself am going to glasgow to talk to the conservative environment network. i am a small speaker to that. so, this does damage the united states' leadership and, as i say, the u.s. is seeking close partnership with india. the united states withdrawal from climate change agreement -- democrats are coming back and demanding india fulfill them. that does not go down well. host: in the u.k. you mentioned the conservative climate group. is the difference between views, the political difference between the conservative group, you mentioned the prime minister, he the leader of the conservative party. is the difference as wide as it is in the united states on the view on climate change? guest: no. i mean, at least in western europe it is far smaller. the great majority of the conservative party in brit

if we don't act now, the paris agreement will be looked at in the future not as the moment humanity opened its eyes to the problem, but the moment we flinched and turned away. us presidentjoe biden said the 620 countries had made �*tangible�* progress on climate, the pandemic and the economy and that the world was ready for american leadership on global issues. a train has derailed on the line between salisbury and grateley in wiltshire. other train services in the area have been halted. the british government says it's "up to france" to solve the post—brexit fishing row with the uk — by stepping back from threats over access to its ports. three people have died and another is in a critical condition, after a group of paddleboarders got into difficulty on a welsh river in pembrokeshire. let's just remind you of the breaking news tonight. we have had reports of a collision, that has taken place between two trains. we understand one has derailed, let me give you the location. it is happening at grateley to the east of the city and close to andover, that is in the salisbury area. as you can s

that is why the paris agreements is doing everything we can to achieve our goals.late next week i will reduce a resolution to our commitment for a climate negotiation. it is an important legislation. how is this year different than the past conferences? >> ella jump and having attended many of these conferences in the past. most recently with the delegation in two thousand nine, president obama in copenhagen. there is a broad recognition that we are entering a decisive decade on climate. we see tremendous global alignment around that recognition. if we are able to get that recognition at this top. any type of agreement requires unanimous consent given these rules, that would be a critical recognition. we understand that the window, as you pointed out in your opening remarks for limited warming to 1.5 degrees is narrowing. we are running out of time. i think that this year is different in the sense that many countries recognize that on are willing to put ambition forward, financing for it and our goals are to enhance that an increase that and work together with our

our plans through 2025 are consistent with the goals of the paris agreement. they are expected to deliver significant additional reductions in both emissions intensity and absolute emissions. we launched a low carbon solutions business to commercialize carbon capture and other technologies such as hydrogen and biofuels, reduce emissions in parts of the economy that are hardest to decarbonize. as the international energy agency recognize ethic year, carbon capture contributes to net zero in multiple ways and represents one of the biggest opportunities for innovation to address emissions. exxonmobil is the world leader in this technology, has a share of approximately one fifth of global ccs capacity and is responsible for approximately 40% of all the captured co2 in the world. we are working on several projects in heavy industry and power generation. in addition we are investing in breakthrough research to develop the next generation of lower emission fuels and fuels technologies, including advanced biofuels. we do that through research and development by our ow

— at queen and they may have to sort out some elements of the paris agreement as well while hoping asing to use the phrase we will hear quite a lot of in the next few days, keep 1.5 alive, that is a slogan we are hearing from borisjohnson and others, the idea of keeping climate change to 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels and plenty of scientists are saying that already that ship may well have failed but that is clearly that ambition and that phrase is interesting, keep 1.5 alive. it sounds ambitious and there are many who are saying that we cannot gain that and some are saying that could be successful, if no pages are made and they are saying that meeting the target is not likely. meeting the target is not likel . ., , meeting the target is not likel . .,, g. ., likely. people in japan are votin: likely. people in japan are voting in _ likely. people in japan are voting in parliamentary i voting in parliamentary elections, weeks afterjapanese elections, weeks after japanese prime elections, weeks afterjapanese prime minister fumio kishida took office, his liberal democratic party

this climate conference, they happen every year, this was meant to be five years on from the paris agreementelayed by a year. so, cop26, this milestone, is when countries all around the world need to come together and put forward their plans on how they are going to meet the paris agreement, which is to keep warming, global warming, to 1.5 degrees. so, they need to put forward their action plans to 2030, which is their national determined contributions. but also their plans for 2050, the long—term strategy. so, it is a really critical moment for international countries to come together and make those commitments. hang on a minute, isabella. what actually is cop? what does it stand for? i was going to show off with that one. were you? i don't care who enlightens me, just enlighten me. it is the conference of the parties, and the parties are the people who are party to the unfccc. that's as clear as... the what? the united nations framework convention on climate change, which is the whole kind of foundation of which this battle against climate change is based on. i feel the need to fact check

the world looks likely to miss its paris agreement targets, even with many countries setting new net 0 emission targets that's calling to a new report by the united nations. it gave a 60 percent chance that temperatures will rise to point 7 degrees celsius by the end of the century to keep the increase below $1.00 degrees. global emissions will have to nearly have in the next 8 years. china has revealed is long term goals on how it will deal with climate change and how can it released on tuesday shows china's action plan to build more hydropower and nuclear plants and increase solar and wind capacity. katrina, you is in beijing with more. well, president, you didn't hang fast enough, but china would a 2 carbon neutrality by 2016 last september. but since then we haven't really seen any concrete details of how the country expects to achieve that target. and now now china state council has just really released a document to achieve carbon peaking by 2030. and it really provides a kind of roadmap in terms of how to achieve those targets. and it addresses a range of sectors here in china

warnings coming from the global scientific community, tackle the climate crisis and honor the paris agreement and the 2030 sustainable development agenda. this shift to clean energy is key to achieving the necessary reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. we can no longer postpone it. this transition requires significant effort and governments must be ready to support their citizens and businesses through it. it also offers opportunities to boost growth, create jobs and reduce inequality. both the public and the private sector must do their share. governments can set short and long-term goals and short political financial and regulatory stability. but they can't do everything. prior companies accelerate the uptake of clean technology foster innovation and provoke production. public financing has attract green finance and reduce risk for -- public-private partnerships bring the two together. we must support private led initiatives that insert social and environmental priorities into their production models such as his royal highness prince charles initiative unsustainable markets. italy's g20

i the paris agreement which they have already signed-— already signed.activist earlier - already signed. i was talking to another activist earlier who - already signed. i was talking to i another activist earlier who would like to see some of the polluters excluded from this conference as he put it. you referenced a couple of them. they say they are in the process of making the transition to a greenerfuture. do you think a greener future. do you think they should be included in discussions? because if you exclude the people who want to change, surely you are delaying the change.— delaying the change. well, these companies. _ delaying the change. well, these companies, their _ delaying the change. well, these companies, their entire - delaying the change. well, these companies, their entire business| companies, their entire business model is set on expectation and extraction. i do not think they should be part of the climate just future. they like to say in their marketing they are these renewable companies, but in reality they spend less than 1% of their

what got us to the paris agreement in the obama years was obama and xi jinping coming together behindeductions targets that allowed the rest of the world to come into the deal and xi jinping was in paris for those talks. now you have through no fault of joe biden over the course of the last five years steady deterioration in u.s./china relations, a more belligerent xi jinping who feels much less concerned about appearing with world leaders in a photo on or seen to be working constructively at a summit and yes, you have provocations, in terms of china flying into taiwanese air pace with its aircraft, or china testing new missiles, a potential nuclear arms race, those things are difficult to manage in their own respects, but what they also make more difficult, alex, getting china more invested in the international climate change process, getting china more invested in the g-20 agenda like cracking down on tax evasion around the world. those things require cooperation. the balancing act for the administration going forward, how do we talk to these guys and find some areas of overlap, we

every country that signed the paris agreement...n this long drawn out process in paris when we had this global agreement on tackling climate change to keep the global temperatures below two degrees. this is existential for some countries. essentially while you will hear themes around that that will be coming out. like finance, richer countries stepping up to help poor countries stepping up to help poor countries facing the brunt of climate change, like low—lying island nations, sub—saharan african nations which are suffering severe consequences of climate change and have done the least to because it. we will hear a lot about finance and deforestation. ultimately the whole process is geared towards getting everybody to put their strategies together so that when we crunch the numbers, we can see that we are getting closer to bending that curve down to 1.5 celsius increase. thahk down to 1.5 celsius increase. thank ou ve down to 1.5 celsius increase. thank you very much- _ down to 1.5 celsius increase. thank you very much. stay _ down

>> that is the ambition of the paris agreement. yes, that's correct. >> thank you. it aims to become a net zero business by 2015. is that correct? >> net zero by 2050 is correct. we just announced a goal to cut our emissions by half by 2030. >> why does the independent analysis find that it fails to meet the paris agreement goals? >> i'm not familiar with the independent analysis that you're talk about. i can say that the company i work for is absolutely committed to these dpoels that we put out there. my composition is directly linked to that. we look forward to continuing to accelerate the energy transition in collaboration with folks like yourself, the government, our customers and segments of the industry. this is something that can't be done alone. >> okay. according to the 2021 united nations gap report, the world must decrease oil production by 4% and gas production by 3% annually between 2020 and 2030 to limit warming to 1.5 degrees celsius. this would equate to a 450% increase in gas production for shell. they are necessary to limit the most dangerous impac

>> in 2015 all the countries in the world finally agreed to the paris agreement. fore paris we were on target for a four-degrees celsius warmer world. but now thanks to the policies we have gone from four down to 2.7 and heading in the right direction and not there yet. we need more but that giant boulder of climate action is already at the top of the hill rolling in the right direction but needs more hands to go faster. >> you talk about the numbers. the magic number is holding warming below 1.5 degrees celsius and scientists say we'll blow by that in years. is this a goal that's impossible to meet or possible to meet? >> we have seen 1.1 degrees in celsius and we have a narrow window but we have photosynthesis. we can work with nature to pull carbon out of the air. they want carbon and need carbon and good for them so nature based solutions are the secret to getting the carbon down just a little bit more. but aren't going to be enough if we don't cut the emissions as much as we can as soon as we can. >> before you go let's shicft t a poll that found that 69% of a

if we do not act now, the paris agreement will be looked at in the future not at _ agreement will beat in the future not at the _ agreement will be looked at in the future not at the moment - agreement will be looked at “i it�*ie: future not at the moment humanity opened eyes to the problem but the moment we flinched and turned away. what chance do you think you have of making progress with 200 countries in glasgow when you have not made it with 20 countries here and you do not seem to be able to sort out a few fishing permits with the french? long—standing friends and very close allies. long-standing friends and very close allies. ,., ,, _, ., . allies. downing street contradicted its claim that _ allies. downing street contradicted its claim that both _ allies. downing street contradicted its claim that both countries - allies. downing street contradicted its claim that both countries had i its claim that both countries had sorted it out. from number ten, it's up sorted it out. from number ten, it's up to france to start its threats to disrupt trade across the channel. the view fro

out of the paris agreement.nce in the u.k., the target of net zero carbon emissions by the 50 is the law of the land. u.k. government is trying to get there. our science editor has all the details. reporter: every aspect of life is going to have to change to get zero carbon. now the government is laying out plans. the key to reform is the belief that new green technologies will quickly become cheaper. >> the market is going green and the people know we have the technological solutions. they want to go green and they know we will be able one day to bring down the prices of green technology in a way we so rapidly made microwaves and mobile phones affordable. reporter: there's money to suort electric cars and charging points. and they will have to sell a set number of clean vehicles. hydrogen gets a push, especially for heavy industry. it is a clean fuel depending on how the gas is produced. and there is packing for new nuclear power stations, including this site in suffolk. at the details are not settled and criti

is what do you think of the paris climate agreement in the 1.5 degrees centigrade? yeah, we do have such a such conferences and res hospice is 1.5 centigrade enough in terms of a target. i think that's not the right question. i mean it's, it's the order of magnitude. you're talking about between 1.21.8 degrees as i forth with this one. point 5 is just an us around number. it's the order of magnitude yet we have to strive for and the impact that we'll have on the economy as a whole. so to get some idea of how this interaction between the skulls of commer change and the actual, the economic policies that we pursue, i think, to get a feeling pretty understanding of the relation between a short so critical decisions and, and, and, and the investments. and so forth, and the long term impact on the, in the additions is something which i think we're not, we're to bring across across property to the new demand yet. so i swap one of the problems that we have is assigned is to try to get people's aware of it on some impacts. is what they're doing on the common change or times

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then we got out of the paris agreement and now president biden is putting us back in as internationalt especially the key has got to be climate change. and the fact that he has a very good chance of passage of strong climate change provisions, as i mentioned on electric vehicles, on renewable energy, on battery storage, on transmission, on all kinds of incentives, $550 billion worth, it puts us back as leaders on the world stage with the key being climate change. so i think the president's on a roll. >> and the charging stations that are being mentioned as part of the climate portion of that bill. that could be very significant in moving the country towards having more electric vehicles on the road. i want to ask you, having president obama there at that climate summit in scotland as well, that's pretty unusual to have a former president there with the current president. >> well, i think the strength of president obama is he's a worldwide figure. he probably polls better internationally. especially with young people. i know he's going to do a youth summit there. the fact he negotiated

. ♪ the paris agreement is our best topping the planet on dangerous global warming, but it is just thep. nearly 200 nations pledged to limit imagers from rising above two degrees celsius, or it is possible 1.5 degrees, in those countries will be debating about who should do what for many years to come. here's the problem. together, the plans are not doing enough to cut greenhouse gases in time. emissions fell dramatically during the pandemic, but carbon dioxide lingers in the atmosphere for hundreds of years , so a temporary drop make much difference to the overall trend. scientists save the world needs to reach net zero emissions by 2050. some nations have already met their goals decades early, but others are dragging their heels, particularly those economies that rely on oil and gas, russia and saudi arabia. then there are the developing nations like indonesia, bangladesh, who say they can only consider tougher in missions targets -- emissions targets of rich countries help. there is a lot of disagreement over who is to blame for all the emissions in the atmosphere and how some count

if we don't act now, the paris agreement will be looked at in the future not as the moment humanity opened away. us presidentjoe biden said the g20 countries had made tangible progress on climate, the pandemic and the economy and that the world was ready for american leadership on global issues.