Biden to press ‘major economies’ for tougher climate targets

President Joe Biden is reconvening the leaders of a group of “major economies” to lobby them for stricter greenhouse gas commitments ahead of this November’s international climate conference, which observers have pegged as a key milestone to raise global ambition on cutting carbon emissions. Biden is hosting a virtual meeting Sept. 17 of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF), an Obama-era initiative that expanded a Bush administration focus on negotiations with the subset of countries, revived this...