Biden touts ‘unprecedented’ progress at COP27

Published November 11, 2022 4:21pm ET



President Joe Biden used his speech at the United Nations climate change conference Friday to highlight steps the United States has taken to fight climate change and invest in clean energy over the two years while at the same time stressing the urgency for the world to work together to do more.

Biden ticked through a series of actions the U.S. has taken to help deliver on its commitment to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius — including new spending on clean infrastructure and the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which contains some $368 billion in federal funds to subsidize clean energy.

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