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It's been a big week for climate change.

President Biden is gathering with world leaders to talk about how to prevent its most catastrophic

effects.

And two of NPR's very own climate reporters are here to talk about how that might work.

Lauren Summer.

Hi Lauren.

Hi.

And Rebecca Hirscher.

Hey there.

Hello.

Climate change wasn't really a priority in the last four years of the Trump administration.

So what's the main goal of this White House climate summit?

This is basically America's way of saying we're back.

Climate is a priority again.

And the US wants the rest of the world to know that and to establish itself as a trustworthy

partner for other countries if it can.

Yeah.

And as part of renewing those vows, so to speak, President Biden announced a really important

goal when he kicked off the summit.

The United States sets out on the road to cut a greenhouse gases in half, in half by the

end of this decade.

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