President Biden is committed to tackling climate change through ambitious initiatives. His agenda includes rejoining the Paris Climate Accord, investing in renewable energy, and implementing regulations to reduce emissions. Through these efforts, he aims to safeguard the environment and promote a sustainable future for generations to come.

The infrastructure bill designates $50 billion for climate resilience and weatherization, as more frequent and severe droughts, heat waves, floods, and wildfires ravage the country. For instance, it allocates financial resources for communities that are recovering from or vulnerable to disasters and increases funding for Federal Emergency Management Agency and Army Corps of Engineers programs that help reduce flood risk and damage.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump's efforts to tackle climate change during his presidency were characterized by a significant rollback of environmental policies and regulations. His administration withdrew from the Paris Climate Accord, dismantled key climate initiatives like the Clean Power Plan, and relaxed regulations for climate polluters. Trump's stance on climate change has been inconsistent, with him at times dismissing it as a hoax while also acknowledging its importance.

“Trump will undo everything [Joe] Biden has done, he will move more quickly and go further than he did before,” said Myron Ebell, who headed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition team for Trump’s first term. “He will act much more expeditiously to impose his agenda.”

The Biden administration’s most important climate action to date was signing the Inflation Reduction Act into law in August 2022, the most comprehensive climate legislation the U.S. has ever seen. The law invests hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy, electric vehicles, environmental justice, and more.

President Biden's administration has demonstrated a strong commitment to addressing climate change and improving infrastructure through legislative measures, executive actions, investments in clean energy, resilience-building initiatives, and a focus on environmental justice, as for Trump, despite some claims of environmental achievements, such as reducing greenhouse gas emissions, experts argue that the overall impact of Trump's policies was detrimental to global efforts to address climate change.