In heart of Amazon, US President Joe Biden marks climate ‘legacy’

Rio de Janeiro —  U.S. President Joe Biden began a historic Brazil trip Sunday, becoming the first sitting American president to visit the Amazon rainforest to mark what the White House calls his “legacy” on fighting climate change, couching it in economic terms of the race between countries in “harnessing the clean energy revolution.” Biden landed in Manaus, capital of the state of Amazonas, doorway to the world’s largest jungle. Biden announced that under his administration, the United States has surpassed the goal of providing $11 billion per year in international climate financing in 2024 — a key component in

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