Under Biden, the United States has not yet shown leadership in the climate crisis

US President Joe Biden addresses COP26 at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Scotland.  Image ANP

US President Joe Biden addresses COP26 at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Scotland.Image ANP

The climate summit in Glasgow should be the highlight of Biden’s trip to Europe. Was it an embarrassment that the president fainted early Monday?

‘Honestly, it’s not surprising to me to look at his agenda over the last few days. Fiden may be 78 years old, but if you look at what Fiden has been doing since leaving for Europe on Thursday, I would have been tired at my age too. He then left Washington in a tense situation. Before leaving, Biden was expecting a deal on one of his climate plans in Congress. He wanted to show the world what America is doing in the fight against climate change in Glasgow. But the deal never came.

After his arrival in Rome, he met with the pope, talked at the G20 about resuming the Iran deal, settled the dispute with the EU over import tariffs, and had difficult talks with Erdogan over the purchase of Turkish weapons. The organization sought to resolve the dispute with Macron over the controversial Australian submarine deal. Then he had to go to Glasgow. The fact that his eyes were closed at the opening ceremony was a bit bitter for Biden, but it was nothing.

Biden wants to shine with his climate plans. He has been in the White House for ten months. Will he succeed?

‘not yet. His speech in Glasgow was not very strong. Pitton’s weakness is that he can not show his plans now. He wants to lead and show the world how the United States will do its part to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Biden has a $ 550 billion climate action subcommittee promoting wind and solar energy, the use of electric vehicles and climate-neutral agriculture, but it has not yet been passed in Congress.