US back with ‘guns blazing’ on climate issue – US Treasury adviser By Reuters – Investing.com

US back with ‘guns blazing’ on climate issue – US Treasury adviser By Reuters – Investing.com

By Andrea Shalal

ROME (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury's top climate adviser said that renewed U.S. engagement on climate change under President Joe Biden has helped put the issue at the top of the Group of 20 agenda and is galvanizing fresh commitments to reduce emissions to net zero.

Climate change will feature prominently in this weekend's G20 summit in Rome, said John Morton, a former private equity adviser and Treasury's first climate counselor. He also forecast a spate of new commitments from countries and the private sector ahead of the COP26 U.N. climate conference that starts on Monday in Glasgow.