It’s Wednesday…
President Biden’s public schedule for 11/20/2024:
| 10:00 AM The White House Closed Press The President receives the President’s Daily Brief |
| 10:00 AM In-Town Pool Call Time |
South American Visit Tweets
From Tuesday…
This week I joined World Bank President Banga to announce the United States will pledge $4 billion over 3 years to the replenishment of IDA – the arm of the World Bank that supports vulnerable countries.
— President Biden (@POTUS) November 19, 2024
We ask that others join us in stepping up their pledges. pic.twitter.com/HqwirMI3Kl
From the White House…
11/19/2024:
FACT SHEET: Continuing a Legacy of Leadership at the G20
Snips:
Championing concessional finance from the World Bank for the poorest countries. President Biden announced the U.S. intent for a substantial increase in the U.S. contribution to the International Development Association (IDA), the arm of the World Bank that supports the poorest and most vulnerable countries. The Biden Administration intends to pledge $4 billion over three years to the ongoing IDA replenishment, subject to Congressional approval. A better and bigger IDA is critical to unlocking space for developing countries to invest in their futures. President Biden has heard loud and clear the calls from developing countries for more concessional financing and a strong IDA replenishment in December. This pledge will sustain U.S. leadership as the largest historical donor to IDA and joins other countries that are stepping up to support IDA recipients with critical, sustainable investments in their development. At the Rio Summit, President Biden called on existing donors to follow the U.S. example by increasing support and on new donors to start contributing.
U.S. leadership in financing the global clean energy transition. Alongside the Clean Energy Finance Mission Statement, the United States announced a major $325 million contribution to the Clean Technology Fund, a highly concessional fund designed to support the scaling and diversification of clean energy supply chains in eligible EMDEs. The United States has also separately extended $2 billion in shareholder guarantees through the World Bank to catalyze India’s and Indonesia’s investments in the clean energy economy.
Responding to the threat of mpox. The United States galvanized the G20 to commit political and financial support to the mpox response and support the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Bank in creating a global mpox response financing tracker to identify and address gaps. The financing tracker, which will be launched soon, shows that countries have stepped up quickly, providing 90 percent of the resources needed to respond, including more than $540 million from the United States. The United States has also pledged to provide more than one million mpox vaccine doses to the response. Nearly 400,000 doses have already been allocated through WHO and Africa CDC’s Access and Allocation mechanism; the remaining doses will be allocated as guided by country requirements.
When it comes to the adoption of clean energy, the G20 will continue to make progress together.
— President Biden (@POTUS) November 19, 2024
But we all know how much we need to do – I was just in the Amazon Rainforest where I saw firsthand what's at stake if we fail to act.
Our people depend on us to keep going. pic.twitter.com/0tjdVHLij7
The round up of things posted regarding his South American visit…
From the White House…
11/15/2024:
- Joint Statement of Japan, the Republic of Korea, and the United States
- Remarks by President Biden, Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru of Japan, and President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea in Trilateral Meeting | Lima, Peru; the YouTube is 5 minutes and 31 seconds long.
- Fact Sheet: Advancing the United States – Peru Partnership
- Remarks by President Biden and President Dina Boluarte Zegarra of the Republic of Peru in Bilateral Meeting | Lima, Peru; the PBS NewsHour YouTube is 3 minutes and 45 seconds long.
- Readout of President Joe Biden’s Meeting with President Dina Boluarte of Peru
- Background Press Gaggle on the U.S.-Peru Bilateral Meeting
11/16/2024:
- Readout of President Joe Biden’s Meeting with President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China
- Remarks by President Biden and President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China Before Bilateral Meeting | Lima, Peru; the YouTube is 5 minutes and 49 seconds.
11/17/2024:
- On-the-Record Press Gaggle by APNSA Jake Sullivan on President Biden’s Meeting with President Xi Jinping
- Remarks by President Biden in Statement to Press | Manaus, Brazil; the YouTube is 7 minutes and 5 seconds long.
- FACT SHEET: President Biden Marks Historic Climate Legacy with Trip to Brazil’s Amazon Rainforest
- A Proclamation on International Conservation Day, 2024
11/18/2024:
- Remarks by President Biden During the First Session of the G20 Summit | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Readout of President Joe Biden’s Meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada
- Readout of President Joe Biden’s Meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico
11/19/2024:
- FACT SHEET: New Brazil-U.S. Partnership for the Energy Transition
- FACT SHEET: Continuing a Legacy of Leadership at the G20
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