Biden makes the case for democracies to lead the way on climate crisis during final day in Glasgow

President Joe Bide, seen here on November 1 in Glasgow, Scotland, is spending the final day of his trip to the climate summit focusing on methane emissions and forests events.

President Joe Biden is spending his final day of his trip to Europe making the case for democracies to lead the way on fighting the climate crisis and announcing new climate-related initiatives at the United Nations summit in Glasgow.

During a meeting on the margins of the summit regarding climate aspects of his Build Back Better World (B3W) initiative, the President argued that the collective effort by western nations to support infrastructure in the developing world is a chance to prove democracy can still deliver.

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CNN’s Kevin Liptak and Ella Nielsen contributed to this report.

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