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Biden warns that Trump’s climate denial risks a ‘more dangerous world’
US president also mocks former president’s windmill conspiracy theories at Climate Week event in New York
Joe Biden has lauded the US’s progress in fighting the climate crisis during his presidency, while also criticizing Donald Trump for his dismissal of the “more dangerous world” that global heating poses to future generations.
The US president was speaking at a Bloomberg event on Tuesday being held as part of Climate Week in New York, a summit that runs alongside the United Nations general assembly, which the US president spoke at earlier in the day.
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