Cop27: Biden says leaders ‘can no longer plead ignorance’ over climate crisis

US president announces plan to cut methane emissions as he urges major economies to step up' efforts to keep global heating to 1.5C

Joe Biden has implored countries to do more to tackle the climate emergency, telling the Cop27 summit that world leaders can no longer plead ignorance" and that time to confront the crisis is running out.

Biden told a large crowd of delegates at the talks, held in Egypt, that the science is devastatingly clear - we have to make progress by the end of this decade." The US president stated that America was taking action on cutting planet-heating emissions and that other major economies needed to step up" to avoid a disastrous breach of 1.5C in global heating.