President Biden Announces New Initiatives at COP27 to Strengthen U.S. Leadership in Tackling Climate Change
According to the White House, the initiatives the President is announcing and that the U.S. delegation will highlight throughout COP27 include:
- Bolstering Global Climate Resilience – including doubling the U.S. pledge to the Adaptation Fund to $100 million and announcing over $150 million in new support to accelerate the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE) efforts across Africa. These build on the over $20 million that President Biden has announced this year to accelerate PREPARE’s work in Small Island Developing States.