US President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that country should lead the international response to climate-related issues while passing a flurry of orders which target mitigating the impact of rising global temperature and announced a climate summit in April, reported AFP. 

President Biden said, “Just like we need a unified national response to COVID-19, we desperately need a unified national response to the climate crisis because there is a climate crisis. We must lead the global response, because neither challenge can be met, as Secretary (John) Kerry has pointed out many times, by the United States alone.”

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Biden had put the issue of global warming, environment conservation and climate change as the key issues his administration would address while campaigning. 

“In my view, we’ve already waited too long to deal with this climate crisis. We can’t wait any longer. We see it with our own eyes. We feel it. We know it in our bones. And it’s time to act,” he said.

On April 22, the United States plans to organise a climate-related summit that will aim to solidify its carbon reduction promises under the Paris agreement. 

The other orders include a moratorium on new oil and gas leases on federal and public land, establishing climate considerations as an essential element of US foreign policy and national security.

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However, the President stated that the US does not plan to put a ban on hydraulic fracking or fracturing, which made the US the top producer of natural gas. 

The administration will also resurrect a presidential council of science advisors, directing agencies to invest in areas with deep economic ties to fossil fuels, and assisting communities disproportionately impacted by environmental harm.