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Today, President Biden invited 40 world leaders to the Leaders Summit on Climate he will host on April 22 and 23.  The virtual Leaders Summit will be live streamed for public viewing.

President Biden took action his first day in office to return the United States to the Paris Agreement.  Days later, on January 27, he announced that he would soon convene a leaders summit to galvanize efforts by the major economies to tackle the climate crisis.

The Leaders Summit on Climate will underscore the urgency – and the economic benefits – of stronger climate action.  It will be a key milestone on the road to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) this November in Glasgow.

 

Key themes of the Summit will include:

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    • Galvanizing efforts by the world’s major economies to reduce emissions during this critical decade to keep a limit to warming of 1.5 degree Celsius within reach.
    • Mobilizing public and private sector finance to drive the net-zero transition and to help vulnerable countries cope with climate impacts. 
    • The economic benefits of climate action, with a strong emphasis on job creation, and the importance of ensuring all communities and workers benefit from the transition to a new clean energy economy.
    • Spurring transformational technologies that can help reduce emissions and adapt to climate change, while also creating enormous new economic opportunities and building the industries of the future.
    • Showcasing subnational and non-state actors that are committed to green recovery and an equitable vision for limiting warming to 1.5 degree Celsius, and are working closely with national governments to advance ambition and resilience.
    • Discussing opportunities to strengthen capacity to protect lives and livelihoods from the impacts of climate change, address the global security challenges posed by climate change and the impact on readiness, and address the role of nature-based solutions in achieving net zero by 2050 goals. 

     

 

Guests invited include:

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Antigua and Barbuda

President Alberto Fernandez, Argentina 

Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Australia    

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh

Prime Minister Lotay Tshering, Bhutan

President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil    

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada          

President Sebastián Piñera, Chile 

President Xi Jinping, People’s Republic of China    

President Iván Duque Márquez, Colombia    

President Félix Tshisekedi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Denmark 

President Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission

President Charles Michel, European Council

President Emmanuel Macron, France        

President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon        

Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India    

President Joko Widodo, Indonesia      

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel

Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Italy    

Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Jamaica

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Japan  

President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya      

President David Kabua, Republic of the Marshall Islands

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico  

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand

President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria        

Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway 

President Andrzej Duda, Poland  

President Moon Jae-in, Republic of Korea     

President Vladimir Putin, The Russian Federation  

King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore

President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa 

Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Spain

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey

President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United Arab Emirates

Prime Minister Boris Johnson, United Kingdom

President Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Vietnam    

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/26/president-biden-invites-40-world-leaders-to-leaders-summit-on-climate/

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Better Day

I’m furious as Bojo has said Nicola Sturgeon should not be anywhere near this event despite Scotland making massive steps in climate change action. 

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bionic
1 minute ago, Miss Dolly said:

I’m furious as Bojo has said Nicola Sturgeon should not be anywhere near this event despite Scotland making massive steps in climate change action. 

Do you have a source on this? I can only find things related to COP26– which is a separate event organized by the UN. Hence why Scotland isn't invited.

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1 minute ago, Miss Dolly said:

I’m furious as Bojo has said Nicola Sturgeon should not be anywhere near this event despite Scotland making massive steps in climate change action. 

Is Bozo his father? Biden better let him thru... this conference might already be a mess as it seems to be mainly politicians who are going to delusionally haggle down the bare minimum from scientists. 

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Not interested in seeing a bunch of people discussing about the emergency of the situation without doing nothing, few years ago, I was full of hope, but now I’m just angry and really believe change will not come from them but from us

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2 minutes ago, StarstruckIllusion said:

Is Bozo his father? Biden better let him thru... this conference might already be a mess as it seems to be mainly politicians who are going to delusionally haggle down the bare minimum from scientists. 

Scotland was the first country to declare an Climate Emergency, actually looking to investing into renewable energies, actually banned fracking 

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1 minute ago, Miss Dolly said:

this is a separate event to COP26 which the article describes

Just now, Miss Dolly said:

Scotland was the first country to declare an Climate Emergency, actually looking to investing into renewable energies, actually banned fracking 

biden is in favor of fracking so nicola would not be amongst friends there on that point

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1 minute ago, bionic said:

this is a separate event to COP26 which the article describes

biden is in favor of fracking so nicola would not be amongst friends there on that point

Abh, thought it was all the same event. 
Knew Biden was too good to be true. I never want fracking to happen in Scotland. It’s ripping England apart. 

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3 minutes ago, Miss Dolly said:

Scotland was the first country to declare an Climate Emergency, actually looking to investing into renewable energies, actually banned fracking 

Period... we love a proactive admin :) I hope he’s there 

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Better Day
7 minutes ago, StarstruckIllusion said:

Period... we love a proactive admin :) I hope he’s there 

What do you mean? 

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