THAT THAT'S A GREAT SHOW
PRESIDENT BIDEN IS HOSTING A
VIRTUAL CLIMATE SUMMIT LATER
THIS WEEK COINCIDING WITH
EARTH DAY.
>> THE WHITE HOUSE HAS INVITED
40 WORLD LEADERS SAY THE EVENT
WHICH WILL QUOTE UNDERSCORED
THE URGENCY AND THE ECONOMIC
BENEFITS OF STRONGER
CLIMATE ACTION.
>> JOINING US MORE FOR THE
STORY JENNIFER LUDDEN ENERGY
AND ENVIRONMENT EDITOR AT NPR
JENNIFER WELCOME TO
THE SHOW. WHAT ARE YOU
EXPECTING TO BE THE MAIN FOUGHT
FOCUS OF THIS YEAR'S CLIMATE
SUMMIT.
>> YOU KNOW PRESIDENT BIDEN
WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE IT TO BE
HOW ADDRESSING THAT CLIMATE CAN
CREATE LOTS
OF JOBS. LOTS OF THAT NUMBER
GOVER TUNING, HE'S SELLING THAT
HERE
AND DOMESTICALLY AND YOU KNOW
THIS ISN'T HIS CHANCE TO SAY TO
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
THAT THE U.S. IS BACK IN THE
GAME GREAT WE'VE BASICALLY HAD
THE PAST 4 YEARS
WHEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP
TOOK US OUT THE
GLOBAL CLIMATE.
FOR HIM AND SO NOW PRESIDENT
BIDEN IS TRYING TO TELL ALL ARE
YOU KNOW PARTNERS AROUND THE
GLOBE HIGH WE CAN TRUST SAYS
WE'RE WE DO HAVE BIG PLANS AND
WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR IS WHAT
HIS SOME DETAILS ABOUT HIS PLAN
FOR UNITED STATES TO MAKE MAJOR
CHANGES TO REDUCE OUR EMISSIONS
WERE HISTORICALLY THE LARGEST
EMITTER OF CARBON DIOXIDE
EMISSIONS IN THE CUP IN THE
WORLD. WHAT IS THE U.S. GOING
TO DO TO UPHOLD OUR COMMITMENT
UNDER THE PARIS CLIMATE DEAL
WHICH HE SAYS
WE'RE NOW WE COMMITTED TO 10
FOR ONE THING THAT DID STOOD
OUT IT IS NOTABLE THAT CLIMATE
CHANGE HAS IMPACTED THE
MIGRANT CRISIS.
>> AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER, BUT
NO CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES
WERE INVITED TO THE SUMMIT.
HOW MUCH OF A MISSTEP AS THIS
IS IT.
>> YOU KNOW I THINK RIGHT
NOW CHINA IS A VERY BIG THERE
ARE YOU KNOW A LOT OF THE LARGE
EMITTERS I MEAN AND
I'M SURE THIS MAY HAVE
RAMIFICATIONS IN IN SOME
QUARTERS, BUT RIGHT NOW I THINK
THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN ONCE YOU
GET CHINA AND
SOME OTHER LARGE EMITTING BIG
PLAYERS ON THE GLOBAL STAGE 2
COME BACK TO THE TABLE TO
COMMIT AND HELP EACH OTHER TO
DO WAR AND THEN YOU COULD SORT
OF YOU KNOW
YOU GO AROUND THE WORLD TO SOME
OF THE SMALLER COUNTRIES IN AND
SAY WE'RE ALL IN THIS AND WE
CAN GET IT WAS EVERYONE GET
ON BOARD. BUT CHINA IS REALLY
KEY TO JOHN KERRY DIPLOMATIC
CLEAR ENVOY WAS JUST IN CHINA
RECENT DAYS, FRIDAY NIGHT, YOU
KNOW WE HAD A STATEMENT FROM
CHINA THE U.S. SAY THEY ARE
COMMITTING TO WORK TOGETHER ON
THIS ISSUE, BUT THERE WERE NO D
ELS IN FACT WE STILL DON'T HAVE
CONFIRMATION THAT CHINA'S
LEADER XI JINPING IS GOING TO
BE THAT THE SUMMIT ON WE'RE
WAITING FOR ALL KINDS OF
DETAILS ARE STILL TBD AND SO
THAT'S BEEN A REALLY
BIG FOCUS AND THAT IS WHERE
PRESIDENT
HE WANTS TO SEE A COMMITMENT
HERE ON THURSDAY THAT'S
ACTUALLY GREAT CONTACTS.
JENNIFER I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU
ABOUT CHINA DO WE KNOW.
>> ANYTHING ABOUT THE DEAL
STRUCK BETWEEN THE 2 NATIONS
AND YOU HAVE CONFIDENCE THAT
BOTH COUNTRIES WILL HOLD EACH
OTHER TO IT.
>> NOT RIGHT
WE DON'T HAVE ANY DETAILS YOU
KNOW WHAT. WE'RE WAITING
TO SEE AS YOU KNOW IS SO
INTERESTING THEY ARE
BOTH WHAT THE WORLD'S LEADER IN
RENEWABLE ENERGY THEY'D MAKE
AN EX SPORT MORE SOLAR PANELS
AND WIND TURBINES AND BATTERIES
THAN ANYONE ELSE IN THE WORLD
AT THE SAME TIME THEY CONTINUE
TO BUILD COAL PLANTS BOTH AT
HOME AND IN OTHER COUNTRIES
AND SO
THEY'RE KEY TO THE SOLUTION AND
ARE ALSO CURRENTLY KEY TO THE
PROBLEM THEY ARE CURRENTLY THE
LARGEST EMITTER AND THERE'S A
LACK OF TRUST IN THE UNITED
STATES,
YOU KNOW THOUGH THE CHINESE
OFFICIALS AND CALL THIS OUT THE
UNITED STATES THEY COMPARED THE
STATES TOO.
KID WHO HAS SKIPPED CLASS NOT
TRYING TO SNEAK BACK IN BECAUSE
OF HOW WE LEFT THE
PARIS CLIMATE THE COURT AND NOW
WE'RE SEEING NONE OVER HERE AND
YOU KNOW IT'S NOT THE FIRST
TIME IF YOU WILL DECADES AGO
THE UNITED
ALSO DECLINED TO TAKE PART OF
THE
KYOTO CLIMATE A UNDER PRESIDENT
PRESIDENT BUSH AND THEN
PRESIDENT OBAMA CAME IN
SUNDERLAND WE DO WANT TO DO
THIS WE'VE HAD BACK
AND FORTH AND THAT'S THE WAY
OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM IS SET UP
IT CAN GO BACK AND FORTH EVERY
4 YEARS
AND SO PRESIDENT BIDEN IS
TRYING TO WHAT WE THINK WHAT WE
EXPECT HIM
TO SAY. AHEAD OF THE SUMMIT OR
MAYBE DURING THE SUMMIT ON
THURSDAY. THERE'S A LOT OF
EXPECTATION AND A LOT OF
PRESSURE THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY
TO GET US TO COMMIT TO REDUCING
OUR GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
BY HALF BY 2030 WHICH WOULD PUT
US ON TRACK TO BE CARBON
NEUTRAL BY MIDCENTURY 25TH
>> SORRY DIDN'T MEAN TO I DO
WANT IT TOUCH ON SOMETHING YOU
JUST SAID WITH YOUR RIGHT
POLICIES, CHANGING EVERY 4
YEARS WE CERTAINLY SAW IT WITH
OBAMA AND THEN WITH
PRESIDENT TRUMP. WHAT DOES THAT
SAY TO OTHER COUNTRIES ABOUT
ANY POTENTIAL AGREEMENTS TO
COME OUT OF THIS SPECIFIC
SUMMIT THIS WEEK.
>> EXACTLY DID THEY DO HAVE
THEY DON'T KNOW IF THEY CAN
TRUST THE U.S. TO STICK TO WHAT
WE SAY, AND YOU KNOW AGAIN
PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS HE'S VERY
LONG. TIME FRAMES BUT HE'S
GOING TO BE IN OFFICE FOR 10
YEARS LET ALONE UNTIL 2050 AND
SO.
HE ALSO YOU KNOW TO HAVE
SOMETHING DURABLE THE IDEAL IS
TO GET IT PASSED
THROUGH CONGRESS, BUT HE HAS
THE SLIMMEST OF MAJORITIES
THERE'S ONLY YOU KNOW 50
DEMOCRATS YOU COULD YOU KNOW,
PLUS ONE IF YOU HAVE THE VICE
PRESIDENT CAST
A VOTE. AND IT IS NOT AT ALL
CLEAR HOW MUCH OF HIS CLIMATE
AGENDA SHE COULD GET CONGRESS
TO AGREE TO AND SO THEREFORE
YOU KNOW THE QUESTION BECOMES
HOW MUCH CAN HE DO THROUGH THIS
PROCESS CALLED RECONCILIATION
THROUGH EXECUTIVE POWER
AND THEN HOW DURABLE IS THAT IF
THE NEXT PRESIDENT COULD
COME IN AND CHANGE IT INTO REAL
TRADE AND WHAT YOU KNOW SOME OF
HIS ADVISERS HAVE SAID IS LIKE
LOOK.
YOU KNEW IF YOU
JUST MASSIVELY RAMP UP
RENEWABLE ENERGY IF YOU GET 12
PROJECTS OF OFFSHORE WIND POWER
OFF THE ATLANTIC POST WHICH
WHICH IS IN THE WORKS RIGHT
THERE'S A LOT ON HAPPENING TO
WRAP UP REAL ENERGY. YOU GET
ALL THAT OFFSHORE WIND POWER GO
AND THAT'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
HE PRESIDENT OBAMA DID SUCCEED
TOUR RIGHT
DOUBLE DEGREE IN A VAN SEEN
RENEWABLE ENERGY WIND AND SOLAR
BECAUSE HIS POLICIES BROUGHT
THE PRICE DOWN. SO MUCH THAT
THEY OPRAH FOR COLD THEY
COMPETE WITH COAL AND ALSO NOW
THEY'RE COMPETING WITH ACTUAL
GAS AND JUST RAISE SHARE MARKET
PERSPECTIVE. IT MAKES MORE
SENSE TO GO WITH RENEWABLES NOW
AND THAT IS THANKS TO OBAMA'S
POLICIES IN LARGE SO BY WILL BE
TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING HE CAN
TO HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THAT
THAT OUTLASTS HIS TERMS
IN OFFICE.
>> JENNIFER WE HAVE ABOUT 20
SECONDS BUT I DO WANT TO ASK
YOU WHAT'S THE ENFORCEABILITY
OF ANY AGREEMENT TO COME OUT OF
THE SENATE THIS WEEK.
>> YOU KNOW THE WHOLE PARIS
CLIMATE DEAL IS IS PRETTY MUCH
FALLEN TERRY IS VOLUNTEER.
WE IT'S IT'S UP TO HONOR
AGREEMENT WITH BETWEEN
COUNTRIES ALL DISTRUST
DIPL