In his comments in Hanoi, Biden talked about the importance of wealthier nations supporting less wealthy nations prepare and adapt to climate change.
"The dog days of summer are not just barking, they are biting. Our planet has just endured a season of simmering — the hottest summer on record. Climate breakdown has begun," the"Scientists have long warned what our fossil fuel addiction will unleash. Our climate is imploding faster than we can cope with extreme weather events hitting every corner of the planet," Guterres said."Surging temperatures demand a surge in action.
In his comments in Hanoi, Biden talked about the importance of wealthier nations supporting less wealthy nations prepare for and adapt to the implications of climate change. "If we have the economic capacity, we — those nations should be getting together and providing help for the nations that don't have the wherewithal to do it — the economic wherewithal and the infrastructure wherewithal," Biden said.
For example,"Angola has the capacity to generate megawatts of energy through solar energy. They don't have the economic means to do that. Isn't it in the interest of the whole world if they are, in fact, able to generate significant capacity" of energy from solar energy, and"to prevent carbon from being released in the air? I think that it is," Biden said.
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