US rejoins fight against climate change at high level summit

US rejoins fight against climate change at high level summit

US rejoins fight against climate change at high level summit

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Floating ice is seen during the expedition of the The Greenpeace's Arctic Sunrise ship at the Arctic Ocean. File/Reuters

The United States will mark its return to the global fight against climate change on Monday by joining high level talks on ways to better protect people and economies from the effects of global warming already taking place.

A view of the A-68A iceberg from a Royal Air Force reconnaissance plane near South George island. File/Reuters

Less than a week after President Joe Biden announced the return of the United States to the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, his Special Climate Envoy John Kerry will join China's Deputy Prime Minister Han Zheng, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other leaders at the Climate Adaptation Summit.

This online event, hosted by the Netherlands, aims to set out practical solutions and plans for dealing with climate change in the period until 2030.

Ahead of the summit, more than 3,000 scientists from across the globe pressed leaders to better protect people from the fall out of global warming.

"Our fast-warming world is already experiencing major disruptions from more intense droughts, fires, heat