US President Joe Biden said at a major economic climate conference on Friday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine showed the importance of renewable energy for national security as well as for dealing with the climate crisis.
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“Russia’s brutal and unprovoked attack on neighboring Ukraine has fueled a global energy crisis and made the need for long-term, reliable energy security even more evident,” he said at the opening of this forum, to which he invited major economies around the world.
This is the third time that the US leader, who is under pressure in the United States amid runaway inflation, fueled in particular by rising fuel prices, has convened the Major Economies Forum on Climate and Energy (MEF).
This conference “is part of the President’s effort to use all means at his disposal to address the global climate crisis, to respond urgently to soaring prices exacerbated by the Russian war in Ukraine, and to bring the United States and our allies on track.” on sustainable energy and food security,” he said shortly before the American executive.
It is expected to be the largest Leaders gathering ahead of the next UN Climate Change Conference in November in Egypt.
However, China will only be represented by its climate commissioner and not by its President Xi Jinping, the White House said. And India, another major emitter of greenhouse gases, is not on the official list of participants.