Build Back Better - UN and Biden in sync:
2 Oct: UN Environment Programme (UNEP): Biodiversity takes center stage at the 75th session of UN General Assembly
“The pandemic has diverted resources and attention. But climate change, is still the greatest long-term threat to humanity,” (UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres) said, noting that as fires rage, sea-levels rise, and biodiversity is lost, there is even greater urgency in pursuing our climate goals and integrating them in our plans “to ***build back better*** from the pandemic.”...
https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/biodiversity-takes-center-stage-75th-session-un-general-assembly
Joe Biden: ***Build Back Better***: Joe Biden’s Jobs and Economic Recovery Plan for Working Families
Mobilize American ingenuity to build a modern infrastructure and an equitable, clean energy future...
Biden will soon release updated proposals to meet the climate crisis, build a clean energy economy, address environmental injustice, and create millions of good-paying union jobs...
https://joebiden.com/build-back-better/
WATCH: Biden launches ‘build back better express’ train tour
PBS · 2 days ago
2 Oct: European Broadcasting Union: Speech: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the EBU GA
As horrendous as COVID-19 has been, it is also very likely a dress rehearsal for the challenges to come – above all climate disruption.
If we are to overcome the pandemic, avert climate catastrophe and rebuild our societies in a more just, resilient and sustainable way, we need to strengthen cohesion within countries and increase cooperation among them...
Multilateralism and international cooperation remain the only way to solve a quintessential global challenge like the one we face.
That’s true for COVID-19, for the climate crisis, tackling inequality, advancing gender equality, ending hunger, and ensuring every child is able to go to school...
https://www.ebu.ch/news/2020/10/un-secretary-general-antonio-guterres-addresses-the-ebu-ga