[E-rundbrief] Info 2024 - Biden Invites to Summit on Climate

[Matthias Reichl]

E-Rundbrief Info 2024 - White House, Washington D.C.: President Biden 
Invites 40 World Leaders to Leaders Summit on Climate , April 22 and 
23. press release.

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President Biden Invites 40 World Leaders to Leaders Summit on Climate

White House, March 26, 2021	•

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

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.

In recent years, scientists have underscored the need to limit 
planetary warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius in order to stave off the 
worst impacts of climate change.  A key goal of both the Leaders 
Summit and COP26 will be to catalyze efforts that keep that 1.5-degree 
goal within reach.  The Summit will also highlight examples of how 
enhanced climate ambition will create good paying jobs, advance 
innovative technologies, and help vulnerable countries adapt to 
climate impacts.

By the time of the Summit, the United States will announce an 
ambitious 2030 emissions target as its new Nationally Determined 
Contribution under the Paris Agreement.  In his invitation, the 
President urged leaders to use the Summit as an opportunity to outline 
how their countries also will contribute to stronger climate ambition.

The Summit will reconvene the U.S.-led Major Economies Forum on Energy 
and Climate, which brings together 17 countries responsible for 
approximately 80 percent of global emissions and global GDP.  The 
President also invited the heads of other countries that are 
demonstrating strong climate leadership, are especially vulnerable to 
climate impacts, or are charting innovative pathways to a net-zero 
economy.  A small number of business and civil society leaders will 
also participate in the Summit.

Key themes of the Summit will include:

     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.

Further details on the Summit agenda, additional participants, media 
access, and public viewing will be provided in the coming weeks.

The President invited the following leaders to participate in the 
Summit (Liste siehe Link am Textanfang):


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