Today, President Biden and His Majesty King Charles III met at Windsor Castle with 23 leading philanthropists and financiers to help catalyze finance to support emerging markets and developing countries in tackling the climate crisis. The gathering followed the Climate Finance Mobilization Forum, which was convened by the UK Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary…
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Marking One Year of Progress since Release of First-Ever Ocean Climate Action Plan
When President Biden and Vice President Harris took office, they pledged to restore America’s climate leadership at home and abroad – and every day since, the Biden-Harris Administration has led and delivered on the most ambitious climate agenda in history. Last year, the White House released the first-ever Ocean Climate Action Plan (OCAP), a groundbreaking…
PCAST Welcomes Public Input on America’s Groundwater Challenges
The Biden-Harris Administration is leading action to advance water conservation across the West. As climate change leads to intensified droughts throughout the region, President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is delivering drought resilience resources and protecting the Colorado River Basin for all who depend on it. More work lies ahead—especially for groundwater, which is interconnected…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Takes Action to Protect Communities from Extreme Heat Fueled by the Climate Crisis
New measures will protect communities from extreme heat Millions of Americans are being impacted by extreme heat waves, which are growing in intensity, frequency, and duration due to climate change. In June, heat waves broke records across the country. Puerto Rico experienced its hottest month in more than 120 years, and Texas recorded its top…
Remarks by President Biden and Prime Minister Modi of the Republic of India in Joint Press Conference
1:41 P.M. EDT PRESIDENT BIDEN: Please, be seated. Thank you. Well, good afternoon. The Prime Minister and I have just finished a very productive meeting. And the Prime Minister — I know you’ve got to get up to Capitol Hill very soon and — to address the Joint Session of Congress. It’s a testament to…
A Look to the Next Decade: Research to Assist the Nation and the World in Responding to Global Change
Sarah Abdelrahim, Deputy Director, U.S. Global Change Research ProgramMike Kuperberg, Executive Director, U.S. Global Change Research Program The signs of climate change are everywhere around us. Federal investments in science have helped us understand the nature climate change and its causes, and have helped guide responses at the global, national, and local scales. 32 years…
OSTP Director Prabhakar on President Biden’s Work to Leverage Clean Energy to Meet the Climate Crisis
As prepared for delivery at the Tech for Climate Action Conference Thank you, Sasha. Thank you to my colleagues across government for championing this work, especially Senator Whitehouse. Anyone who is focused on climate knows just how monumental the task of meeting this crisis is. The world has to both decarbonize to limit climate change…
Joint Statement of the Partnership on Cooperation on Natural Capital Accounting, Environmental-Economic Accounting, and Related Statistics
We, the Participants of the Partnership on Cooperation on Natural Capital Accounting, Environmental Economic Accounting, and Related Statistics: Recognizing that nature and natural resources are capital assets that are critical for economic growth and prosperity, and that their inclusion in economic planning is imperative for addressing 21st century societal challenges such as climate change, biodiversity…
Biden-Harris Administration Releases New Guidance to Disclose Climate Impacts in Environmental Reviews
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) today released updated Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Climate Change to help Federal agencies better assess and disclose climate impacts as they conduct environmental reviews, delivering more certainty and efficiency in the permitting process for clean energy and other infrastructure projects. This step, directed…
Remarks by President Biden and Prime Minister Albanese at Signing of the Australia-U.S. Statement of Intent on Climate, Critical Minerals, and the Clean Energy Transformation
Grand Prince HotelHiroshima, Japan 2:20 P.M. JST PRESIDENT BIDEN: This compact and statement of intent are a testament to our close bilateral cooperation. And I mean that: close. We’re going to establish climate and clean energy as the third pillar of the Australia-U.S. alliance. This compact is going to enable the expansion of and diversification…
