Hours after being sworn in, President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed 17 executive orders memorandums and proclamations. He also signed an executive order to rejoin the Paris climate accord.

In the order, Biden said, "I, Joseph R Biden Jr, President of the United States of America, having seen and considered the Paris Agreement, done at Paris on December 12, 2015, do hereby accept the said Agreement and every article and clause thereof on behalf of the United States of America." He further said that we are going to combat climate change in a way we have not done so far."

Paris accord goal is related to limit global warming to well below 2° Celsius, and preferably limit it to 1.5° Celsius, compared to pre-industrial levels. It was adopted by 196 countries at Conference of the Parties COP 21 in Paris in December 2015 and signed on 22nd April 2016.

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