{"id":34313,"date":"2021-04-22T11:21:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T18:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=34313"},"modified":"2021-04-22T11:21:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T18:21:25","slug":"secretary-of-state-opening-remarks-at-the-virtual-leaders-summit-on-climate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=34313","title":{"rendered":"Secretary of State Opening Remarks at the Virtual Leaders Summit on Climate"},"content":{"rendered":"
04\/22\/2021 09:37 AM EDT<\/div>\n

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Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State<\/p>\n

Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

The White House<\/p>\n

SECRETARY BLINKEN:<\/strong>\u00a0 Good morning.\u00a0 Good afternoon.\u00a0 Good evening.\u00a0 We are so grateful to have all of you with us today.<\/p>\n

As President Biden and Vice President Harris have made clear, this administration intends to do more than any in U.S. history to meet the climate crisis.\u00a0 What the United States can do at home can make a significant contribution toward keeping the Earth\u2019s warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.\u00a0 That\u2019s why we\u2019re raising our ambitions, as the President described, and we will meet the new targets we set.<\/p>\n

But of course, no country can overcome this existential threat alone.\u00a0 We\u2019re in this together.\u00a0 And what each of our nations does or does not do will not only impact people of our own country, but people everywhere.\u00a0 Many of us, perhaps all of us, feel a strong sense of urgency.\u00a0 That\u2019s why we\u2019re here.\u00a0 We hope that will translate into making the progress necessary during this critical year and over this decisive decade.<\/p>\n

The consequences of falling short are clear.\u00a0 Every one of our countries is already experiencing the impact of climate change, and they\u2019ll only get worse: more frequent and more intense storms, longer dry spells, bigger floods, more people displaced, more pollution, higher health costs.\u00a0 And climate change can drive the spread of disease, food insecurity, mass migration, and conflict.\u00a0 All of these consequences are hitting underserved and marginalized communities in our countries the hardest, and some countries are experiencing much more severe impacts than others, something we must acknowledge and address.<\/p>\n

But as the President said, it would be a mistake to think about climate only through the prism of threats.\u00a0 As we take concrete actions to reduce emissions and prepare for the unavoidable impacts of climate change, we have an opportunity \u2013 an opportunity to create sustainable, good paying jobs to promote not only greater growth, but greater equity and to provide sustainable, reliable, affordable access to energy to more people, which is crucial to every aspect of human development.\u00a0 So we\u2019re rooting for every country, every business, every community around the world to succeed in this effort.<\/p>\n

In that spirit, as other countries strive to meet and raise their climate targets, the United States will mobilize resources, institutional knowledge, and technical expertise from across our government, the private sector, civil society, and research universities to help.\u00a0 We want every country here to know:\u00a0 We want to work with you to save our planet, and we\u2019re all committed to finding every possible avenue of cooperation on climate.<\/p>\n

If we work together, we can do more than just address this crisis.\u00a0 We can turn it into an opportunity to improve our societies and deliver for people worldwide, and we can lay the foundation for cooperation on other shared challenges.<\/p>\n

There are many issues on which we don\u2019t all see eye to eye.\u00a0 This isn\u2019t one of them.\u00a0 No matter what country we\u2019re from, we know the world that we want to pass on to our children and our grandchildren.\u00a0 I can think of no better or more urgent cause to bring us together.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s now my honor to call on His Excellency the Secretary-General of the United Nations Antonio Guterres.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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