This is the 'decisive decade' to limit climate change impact, warns Joe Biden

Opening the summit, Mr Biden said: The signs are unmistakeable, the science is undeniable. The cost of inaction keeps mounting.'

Mr Biden sought to highlight the opportunity to create good jobs from shifting to clean energy and technology as they urged other countries to follow their lead with action. Picture: AP Photo/Evan Vucci

Joe Biden has warned world leaders this is the “decisive decade” to avoid the worst impacts of climate change as he outlined targets for the US to halve its emissions by 2030.

The US president set out a new target to achieve a 50-52% reduction in emissions from 2005 levels by 2030, as he hosted a virtual leaders summit to galvanise international action to curb rising global temperatures.