- Biden’s climate envoy pledges president will take steps to confront crisis
- Thunberg: young people will feel better by acting on climate crisis
- House subcommittee holds hearing on on fossil fuels with activist
- Biden at climate summit: ‘No nation can solve this crisis on our own’
- Analysis: climate summit test for Biden’s China watchwords
9.00pm BST
That’s it from me today. My west coast colleague, Maanvi Singh, will take over the blog for the next few hours.
Here’s where the day stands so far:
8.38pm BST
The US goal of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, compared with 2005 levels, will take the world closer to the reductions scientists say are necessary to hold global heating within scientifically advised limits, analysis has shown.
The target, announced on Thursday before a virtual summit of more than 40 world leaders hosted by the US president, Joe Biden, would result in emissions reductions of between 1.5 and 2.4 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent a year by 2030, compared with the US’s current expected emissions, according to Climate Action Tracker.
Related: US 2030 goals will take world closer to holding global heating below 2C
