Biden under pressure to act on climate crisis warnings | First Thing

US president expected to deliver climate legislation after damning UN report. Plus: the robot dog that is supposed to have real emotions and instinct'

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A stark UN report showing that the US, like the rest of the world, is running out of time to avoid disastrous climate impacts is turning up the heat on Joe Biden, who will be keen to do his part in preventing a critical global heating threshold of 1.5C being breached far earlier than previously expected.