As follow-up to President Biden and Vice President Harris’s commitments in their meeting with Caribbean leaders at the Summit of the Americas in June 2022, the Biden-Harris Administration is partnering with Caribbean nations to promote energy security, access to finance, and food security in the Caribbean—three areas that Caribbean leaders identified as their top priorities. …
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Background Press Call Previewing Day Two of the G7 Summit
Via Teleconference MODERATOR: Hi, everyone. Good evening. Thanks so much for joining tonight’s call, and apologies for the delay. We’re going to — we’re here to preview the next day of the G7. For your awareness, not for your reporting, on the line here we have [senior administration official]. This call is on background, attributable…
Remarks of Dr. Jane Lubchenco at the Global Maritime Forum Annual Summit 2022
Ministerial Roundtable UNGA Side EventCo-hosted by the Global Maritime Forum and SPEC OfficeGlobal Maritime Forum Annual Summit 2022Thursday, September 22, 7:45–8:45 a.m.Dock 72, Brooklyn Navy Yard And Raising Ambition on Shipping DecarbonizationGlobal Maritime Forum Annual Summit 2022Thursday, Sept 22, 9:00 – 10:15a.m.Dock 72, Brooklyn Navy Yard Jane Lubchenco, Deputy Director for Climate and EnvironmentWhite House…
Remarks by Vice President Harris at the White House Tribal Nations Summit
Department of the InteriorWashington, D.C. THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everyone. Please have a seat. Good afternoon. Thank you, Chairwoman Picard, for the introduction and for your leadership. You are part of a new generation of Native leaders. And I am so excited for all the work we are all going to do together and…
Remarks by Vice President Harris Before Multilateral Meeting with Caribbean Leaders
Blair House THE VICE PRESIDENT: Well, good afternoon, everyone. And welcome. It is good see so many of you again. It has been a point of — of pride and joy for me personally that we have had many conversations over a short period of time where we have renewed the commitment between our nations…
G7 Apulia Leaders’ Communiqué
Preamble We, the Leaders of the Group of Seven (G7), gathered in Apulia to reaffirm our enduring unity and determination to meet global challenges at a crucial moment in history and as the international community confronts multiple interconnected crises. We reiterate our shared belief in democratic principles and free societies, universal human rights, social progress,…
Background Press Call on the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit
Via Teleconference MODERATOR: Good morning, everyone. This call will be on background for attribution to “senior administration officials.” For awareness, not for reporting, on the line are [senior administration official] and [senior administration official]. The contents of the call will be embargoed until the conclusion of the call. And, [senior administration official], I’ll hand it…
FACT SHEET: Biden-Harris Administration Releases Fifth National Climate Assessment and Announces More Than $6 Billion to Strengthen Climate Resilience Across the Country
Fifth National Climate Assessment (NCA5) shows decline in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions even as population and GDP have grown Since Day One, President Biden has delivered on the most ambitious climate agenda in history – signing into law the largest investment in climate action ever, including more than $50 billion in climate resilience, taking bold…
Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki and Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland, April 23, 2021
James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 11:43 A.M. EDT MS. PSAKI: Hi, everyone. Happy Friday. We have another very exciting guest today: our new Secretary of the Interior, Deb Haaland, who made history when she became the first Native American to serve as a Cabinet Secretary. She is the member — she is a member…
Statement by Press Secretary Kirsten Allen on Vice President Harris’s Travel to Ghana, Tanzania, and Zambia
Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff will travel to Accra, Ghana; Dar es Salaam, Tanzania; and Lusaka, Zambia from March 25 to April 2. The Vice President’s visit will build on the recent U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit that President Biden hosted in Washington in December 2022. The trip will strengthen the United States’ partnerships throughout…
