Biden Apologizes for Trump’s Decision To Pull US Out of Paris Climate Accord
President Joe Biden says former President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord “put us behind the eight ball a little bit.” At the COP26 climate summit Monday, Biden told other world leaders, “I guess…
President Joe Biden says former President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord “put us behind the eight ball a little bit.”
At the COP26 climate summit Monday, Biden told other world leaders, “I guess I shouldn’t apologize, but I do apologize for the fact that the United States under the last administration pulled out of the Paris accord.”
The president explained Americans have to understand that “making these investments in a clean energy future isn’t just a need to fight climate change…It’s an enormous opportunity to create good paying jobs for our own workers today and to spur long term economic growth that’s going to improve the quality of life for all people.”
Watch some of Biden’s comments below:
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Biden also recognized Americans “four or five years ago, weren’t at all sure about climate change, whether it was real.”
He added, “Well, they have, as they say in southern parts of my state, seen the lord. They’ve seen what’s happened back home, the incredible changes that are taking place, and they’re now finally — finally, finally, finally — realizing the sense of urgency that you all are.”
In November of 2019, Trump announced plans to withdraw from the Paris climate accord.