Climate change is local: translating global goals into local action 16:45 | 05/05/2021 The ambitious goals announced and reaffirmed at the latest Leaders Summit on Climate reflect the growing consensus that today we are at a critical moment of action. Across the globe, governments, individuals, and companies â including GE â are taking tangible steps to confront the unprecedented crisis that climate change represents. That is good news. GE is supporting emerging economies across the global tackle climate change Our ability to overcome the climate change challenge and achieve the results we so urgently need will not happen only through events such as the Leaders Summit, nor during government policy meetings, or in corporate boardrooms. While these are essential to alignment and making commitments, the action to achieve these goals will happen in the local markets.