Leaders Summit on Climate to take place April 22-23
Leaders Summit on Climate to take place April 22-23
To create lasting change, we need diverse voices. The Leaders Summit on Climate taking place April 22-23, will reconvene the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, a U.S.-led initiative that played a vital role in delivering the Paris Agreement. In addition to major economies,
President Joe Biden is welcoming other crucial voices into the conversation including leaders of countries that demonstrate strong climate leadership, are especially vulnerable to climate impacts, or are charting innovative pathways to a net-zero economy are at the table.
Transatlantic Take
April 20, 2021
Shortly after his inauguration, President Joe Biden announced that, in addition to returning the United States to the Paris Climate Agreement, he would be hosting a Leaders Summit on Climate on April 22 Earth Day. This would underscore the urgency and the economic benefits of stronger climate action and to encourage greater multilateral action in advance of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in November in Glasgow.
Biden’s summit aims to include the leaders of the 17 countries in the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate: Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the EU, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. These countries are responsible for 80 percent of global emissions and GDP. The summit will also gather a selection of countries that are demonstrating strong climate leadership, especially vulnerable to climate impacts, or taking inno
Joe Biden said climate change has impacted the southern border crisis. But Central American countries haven t been invited to the White House climate summit By Cara Korte
April 19, 2021 / 6:00 AM / CBS News
President Joe Biden has invited 40 nations to participate in the two-day virtual Leaders Summit on Climate, which will take place later this week. But three countries experts say are fueling the immigration crisis at the U.S. southern border aren t on the list even though those migrants are likely fleeing the effects of climate change.
Invited countries include the 17 that make up the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate a U.S.-led coalition created in 2009 meant to convene the world s economic leaders in climate dialogue that includes China, Brazil and the European Union. These countries produce more than 80% of the world s greenhouse gas emissions.
US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. Reuters/File
The United States has invited Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam to be a distinguished speaker at the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate being hosted by President Joe Biden later this week, it emerged on Monday.
The US president had last month invited 40 world leaders, including those from India, China and Bangladesh, to the summit. It was understood at the time that Pakistan had been skipped from the conference despite being one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate change.
However, Aslam on Monday confirmed that he had been invited to participate in the summit, saying permission will be sought from Prime Minister Imran Khan to attend it tomorrow.