Washington: Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry is travelling to India, Bangladesh and UAE from 1 to 9 April to discuss the climate crisis, the State Department has announced.
Kerry would travel for consultations on increasing climate ambition ahead of US President Joe Biden’s Leaders’ Summit on Climate from 22-23 April and the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change later this year, the State Department said.
“Looking forward to meaningful discussions with friends in the Emirates, India, and Bangladesh on how to tackle the climate crisis,” Kerry tweeted.
Biden has invited 40 world leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to the two-day virtual climate summit to underscore the urgency and the economic benefits of stronger climate action, according to the White House.
It will be a key milestone on the road to the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) this November in Glasgow,” it had said last week.
The summit will reconvene the US-led Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, which brings together 17 countries responsible for approximately 80 per cent of global emissions and global GDP.
Key themes of the summit will include galvanising efforts by the world’s major economies to reduce emissions during this critical decade to keep a limit to warming of 1.5 degrees Celsius within reach and mobilising public and private sector finance to drive the net-zero transition and to help vulnerable countries cope with climate impacts, it said.