Climate talks will test Biden’s pledge to make global heating a priority

Summit is designed to revive a US-convened forum of the world’s major economies that previous administrations had allowed to lapseJoe Biden is doubling down on his reset of his predecessor’s environmental policies by inviting the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and Xi Jinping of China to the first big climate talks of his administration next month aimed at increasing cooperation to fight global heating.The Leaders Summit on Climate talks, scheduled to be held virtually on 22 and 23 April, are an opportunity for the US to shape, hasten and deepen global efforts to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuel pollution, administration officials told the Associated Press. Related: Dizzying pace of Biden's climate action sounds death knell for era of denialism Continue reading...