Biden Pledges to Give $11 Billion to Fight Climate Change President Joe Biden’s pledge to double the money the U.S. will spend helping poorer nations fight climate change is drawing a mixed response from environmentalists. But the real test is whether he can win over Congress and spur other countries to step up their own climate ambitions. In April, Biden said that the U.S. would double its spending to $5.7 billion, and in his first speech to the United Nations as president on Tuesday, he vowed to “double that number again,” bringing the nation’s commitment to about $11.4 billion a year by 2024. It’s a big step toward meeting a global goal for wealthy nations to provide a total of $100 billion annually for less-developed countries to help fight climate change. But it still falls short of the $40 billion or more activists have said the U.S. should be […]