Background Press Call Previewing President Biden’s Trip to North Africa and Asia

Excerpt (Senior Administration Official):  “The President will arrive in Sharm at the end of what they call ‘high-level week.’ And his speech will be an opportunity to set the tone for the following week, where the negotiations really get underway in earnest. He’ll have the opportunity to showcase U.S. leadership in tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad and to demonstrate how we’re mobilizing unprecedented levels of public and private finance to partner with developing countries in reducing their emissions and, in particular, in adapting to climate impacts, as well as the efforts that we’re leading to decarbonize the so-called ‘hard to abate’ sectors like shipping, and to drive multilateral progress through a number of targeted efforts such as the Global Methane Pledge, which the President announced last year.”