Biden's virtual climate summit
draws all 40 invited world
leaders: China’s President Xi
will attend.
China’s President Xi Jinping will attend US President Joe Biden’s virtual
climate summit this week, Beijing said on Wednesday (Apr 21), as the
world’s top polluting nations seek to rare common ground despite
wider political tensions.
Biden has invited 40 world leaders including Xi and Russia’s Vladimir
Putin to the meet starting on earth day, meant to mark Washington’s
return to the front lines of the fight against climate change after former
president Donald Trump disengaged from the process.
Also attending are top officials, corporate executives, and global figures
such as Pope Francis and Philanthropist Bill Gates who are both
scheduled to give speeches.
Mr. Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris will start the inaugural
session and underscore the urgent need for the world's major
economies to set tougher climate policies so that the goal of limiting
global warming to 1.5 deg C can be reached.
The climate summit will include a session on climate finance, as well as
breakout sessions throughout the two days focusing on innovation,
jobs, nature-based solutions and security.
