The president of United States, Joe Biden, Invited 40 world personalities, including the Colombian president Ivan Duc, At the Climate Leaders Summit to be held on 22 and 23 April.
In the letter, in which the invitation to Duc is extended, it is emphasized that the summit is one of the steps to return to the Paris Agreement and join countries’ efforts for climate change.
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“By the time of the Summit, the United States will announce an ambitious emissions target for 2030 as its new determined contribution at the National Level under the Paris Agreement. In his invitation, the President urged leaders to use the Summit as an opportunity to outline how their countries will also contribute to a stronger climate ambition, “the White House said in a statement.
In the letter it also stands out that the invitation goes to the heads of state who “are showing a strong climate leadership, Are especially vulnerable to climate impacts or are charting innovative paths to a zero net economy. A small number of business and civil society leaders will also take part in the Summit. “
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According to the White House, the president of Argentina has also been invited, Alberto Fernández; the President of the Spanish Government, Pedro Sánchez; and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, among others.
Similarly, their counterparts from Russia and China, Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, will also be present at this virtual climate summit, according to a State Department representative.
The President of the European Commission (EC), Ursula Von der Leyen, is also expected to attend the meeting; the German chancellor, Angela Merkel; French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The aim of the summit is to invite other countries to formulate their own commitments to reduce greenhouse gases, the White House said.
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