What Did Joe Biden Do Today?
December 2 Recap
Vice President Harris attended the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) In Dubai. As part of the Vice President’s remarks at COP28, she will announce a series of initiatives outlined below, including a $3 billion pledge to the Green Climate Fund as the United States works with international partners to mobilize finance at the pace and scale required.
In conjunction with the Vice President’s COP28 attendance, the White House published a fact sheet detailing what the administration is doing to combat climate change domestically and abroad, reaffirming President Biden’s ambitious climate agenda has also unleashed a clean manufacturing boom – stimulating over $350 billion in announced private investment in clean energy manufacturing since the start of the Biden-Harris Administration and creating over 210,000 clean energy jobs in just the last 15 months, with an additional 1.5 million jobs projected to be created over the next decade. Read the fact sheet.
Vice President Kamala Harris met with President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi of Egypt in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates on the sidelines of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28). The Vice President thanked President Sisi for his efforts in securing a deal between Israel and Hamas that provided an extended pause in the fighting and resulted in the release of more than 100 hostages, including Americans, while substantially increasing the flow of humanitarian assistance into Gaza before Hamas violated the pause. Read more…
Vice President Kamala Harris also spoke with Amir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani of Qatar, emphasizing that the United States would remain committed to relentlessly pursuing the release of all the hostages in close cooperation with Qatar and other regional partners and expressed continued support for extended pauses in the fighting to get hostages out and aid in. They discussed the importance of planning for the day after the fighting ends in Gaza. Read more…
Vice President Kamala Harris met today with President Mohammed bin Zayed of the United Arab Emirates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on the sidelines of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28). The Vice President congratulated Sheikh Mohammed on the success of COP28 and welcomed the creation of the UAE’s $30 billion ALTERRA Fund.
The leaders discussed the latest developments in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. The Vice President emphasized the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to secure the release of all hostages who are being held in Gaza and to ensure there is a sustained flow of humanitarian assistance into Gaza. Read more…
Vice President Kamala Harris met today with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on the sidelines of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28). The Vice President thanked the King for his continued leadership in addressing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and for Jordan’s leadership in providing vital humanitarian assistance to Gaza, including its three airdrops of medical supplies to the field hospital that it has established in Gaza. Read more…
President Biden and Vice President Harris released statements on the Passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Read President Biden’s statement. Read Vice President Harris’s statement.
Vice President Harris gave remarks at the 28th UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai.
