Biden: ‘If We Don’t Keep the Temperature From Going Above 1.5 Degrees Celsius Raised ... A Whole Generation Is Damned’

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BIDEN: “And what happened was, Mother Nature let her wrath be seen over the last two years. For example, I have traveled on helicopter over more forest area burned to the ground than the entire state of Maryland. That is how much has burned to the ground. Floods, droughts, all the things. So, people can’t deny it anymore. If we don’t keep the temperature from going above 1.5 degrees Celsius raised, then we are in real trouble. That whole generation is damned. I mean, that is not hyperbole. Really, truly in trouble. And that is why the first meeting I had with the so-called G7, they didn’t want to talk about what was my initiative on energy, on dealing with moving toward — for example, I called all of the automakers and truck makers and I asked them to come to the South Lawn the first year, to try to talk them into doing something more — going electric. And within five weeks, all of them agreed they're going to go electric, 50% by 2030, and by 2050, all electric. And I think we can do it."