Biden: 'Decisive Decade' For Climate Crisis
The United States (US) has pledged to cut carbon emissions by 50-52 percent below 2005 levels by the year 2030.This new target, which was unveiled at a virtual summit of 40 global leaders, essentially doubles their previous promise.But the leaders of India and China, two of the world's biggest emitters, made no new commitments."Scientists tell us that this is the decisive decade – this is the decade we must make decisions that will avoid the worst consequences of the climate crisis,