WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is including rivals Vladimir Putin of Russia and Xi Jinping of China among the invitees to the first big climate talks of his administration, an event the U.S. hopes will help shape, speed up and deepen global efforts to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuel pollution, administration officials told The Associated Press.
Associated Press: Biden invites Russia, China to first global climate talks
US President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on March 26, 2021.