What are Biden’s plans to fight climate change and does he support the Green New Deal? OLD
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Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump in the US election could have a significant impact on the climate crisis and give the world a fighting chance of keeping global temperatures in check, scientists say.
The president elect’s climate plan is the boldest of any presidential candidate in history, proposing a $2tn investment in clean energy to create carbon-free electricity by 2035.
Mr Biden has vowed to immediately rejoin the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, the international pact to limit global heating to well below 2C.
A report published by the Climate Solutions Lab at Brown University in October proposed that beyond his sweeping agenda, Mr Biden could go even further and create an international “Climate Club”.
So what exactly has Mr Biden said about the climate crisis and how extensive are his plans to tackle further global heating?
