On Thursday, March 25, President Biden will meet virtually with the European Council during its summit. At the invitation of European Council President Charles Michel, President Biden will join a session of the EU leaders’ scheduled summit meeting. He will engage with European Union leaders about his desire to revitalize U.S.-EU relations, work together to…
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Readout of the Second National Climate Task Force Meeting
Today, National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy convened the second National Climate Task Force to discuss the Biden-Harris Administration’s whole-of-government approach to tackling the climate crisis, creating good-paying, union jobs, and prioritizing environmental justice. During the virtual meeting, Cabinet leaders and senior Administration officials discussed their respective plans to integrate addressing climate change throughout their agencies…
Fact Sheet: Quad Summit
The Quad Vaccine PartnershipWhile ensuring that vaccines have been made available to our people, “Quad” partners will launch a landmark partnership to further accelerate the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, Quad leaders are taking shared action necessary to expand safe and effective COVID-19 vaccine manufacturing in 2021, and will work together to strengthen and assist countries in the Indo-Pacific with…
Remarks by President Biden, Prime Minister Modi of India, Prime Minister Morrison of Australia, and Prime Minister Suga of Japan in the Virtual Quad Leaders Summit
State Dining Room 8:32 A.M. EST PRESIDENT BIDEN: Hello, everyone. I wish we were able to do this in person, but it’s wonderful to gather with friends even — even in this virtual format. We’re reminded that we’re in the midst of a global crisis, but we’re going to overcome that as well. The Quad…
Remarks by President Biden Before Signing Executive Actions on Tackling Climate Change, Creating Jobs, and Restoring Scientific Integrity
State Dining Room 1:37 P.M. EST THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. I know the press has just had a long session with — with the team here about what I’m going to be talking about today and this afternoon. And let me just start by saying, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry, and National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy, January 27, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:31 P.M. EST MS. PSAKI: Good afternoon. President Biden is continuing to follow through on his key promise to take swift and bold action that addresses the climate crisis, building on his day-one actions of rejoining the Paris Agreement and strengthening our clean air and water protections and holding…
Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
The United States and the world face a profound climate crisis. We have a narrow moment to pursue action at home and abroad in order to avoid the most catastrophic impacts of that crisis and to seize the opportunity that tackling climate change presents. Domestic action must go hand in hand with United States international leadership, aimed…
FACT SHEET: President Biden Takes Executive Actions to Tackle the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, Create Jobs, and Restore Scientific Integrity Across Federal Government
Biden-Harris Administration Commits on Climate Change – Creating Jobs, Building Infrastructure, and Delivering Environmental Justice Today, President Biden will take executive action to tackle the climate crisis at home and abroad while creating good-paying union jobs and equitable clean energy future, building modern and sustainable infrastructure, restoring scientific integrity and evidence-based policymaking across the federal…
FACT SHEET: The Scientific and Technological Pathway to 2050
President Biden’s Science Advisor Eric Lander Calls for Ferocious Innovation and Deployment of Clean Energy and Climate Solutions – Lays Out a Vision for Evidence-Based GHG Measuring, Monitoring, and Reporting This week, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and first Cabinet-level Science Advisor to the President, Dr. Eric S. Lander,…
Remarks of Dr. Eric Lander, Science Advisor to the President at The American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall 2021 Meeting
“The Scientific and Technological Pathway to 2050: Our Innovation Agenda for Climate and Energy” As Prepared for Delivery in New Orleans, Louisiana Good morning. I’m delighted to be here in New Orleans at the AGU Fall Meeting. I want to start with a huge thank-you to the whole science and technology community — the 60,000…