The White House said the meeting is a 'continuation of the president's efforts to use all levers to tackle the global climate crisis.'
President Joe Biden, who has recently been focused on boosting oil production to reduce rising gas costs, will turn his attention to climate change on Friday when he convenes a virtual meeting of some of the world's biggest economies.
The conference is known as the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, and it began under President Barack Obama in 2009. Among the priorities are slashing methane leaks and getting more zero-emission vehicles on the roads. But the Russian invasion of Ukraine has scrambled Biden's climate goals by driving up the cost of gasoline. Facing political pressure to get prices under control in a midterm election year, the Democratic president has urged U.S. oil refiners to produce more fuel.
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