New research has shown that had the 1987 Montreal Protocol not limited the damages made to the ozone layer, the world would now already be experiencing the worst-case scenario for climate change.
The Extinction Rebellion movement has amassed a doctors collective to engage in "civil disobedience" for the purpose of bringing about changes in environmental policies.
"President Biden knows that we have to be mobilized in unprecedented ways to meet a challenge that is fast accelerating."
Some of his 15 executive orders reversed the actions of his predecessor, Donald Trump, while others were extensions of them.
Many will reverse the policies of the Trump administration. Biden will reportedly seek to rejoin the Paris climate accord, enact new measures aimed at combating the coronavirus pandemic
"Israel is completely committed to the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy by the year 2050," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the International Climate Change Committee.
"The Paris climate accord was unfair as far as trade is concerned, and the US was penalized through the Paris climate accord," said EPA chief Andrew Wheeler.
"The decision made by the United States to withdraw from the Paris Agreement will not lead us to withdraw from it as well," Environmental Protection Minister Zeev Elkin said.
Environmental groups said they hoped Trump would be defeated in 2020 by a rival who would re-join the agreement with bold new targets.
"When it comes to regulation of technology, Google has to find friends wherever they can and I think it is wise that the company does not apply litmus tests to who they support," a source said.