PM Narendra Modi to participate in Leaders’ Summit on Climate today at Joe Biden’s invitation

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday (April 22) will participate in Leaders’ Summit on Climate hosted by US President Joe Biden, the Ministry of External Affairs introduced on Wednesday. 

The US President has invited world leaders from round 40 international locations for the two-day digital Summit to focus on the local weather disaster with the foremost economies.

During the primary season of the summit, the Prime Minister is predicted to make his remarks on “Our Collective Sprint to 2030”. 

The Leaders’ Summit on Climate shall be held at 5.30pm IST. All the 40 world leaders invested by Biden are US-led Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate. 

The External Affairs ministry stated in an announcement, “the summit leaders will exchange views on various issues related to climate action, including nature-based solutions, climate security as well as technological innovations for clean energy.” 

“The leaders will also deliberate on how the world can align climate action with inclusive and resilient economic development, while respecting national circumstances and sustainable development priorities,” it added.

The theme of the summit is mobilisation of personal and public sector finance by the major-economies in order to assist weak international locations with the local weather change disaster, per the US state division.

The 40 world leaders who’re anticipated to be seen at the summit together with PM Narendra Modi are Chinese President Xi Jinping, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, amongst others.

Meanwhile, all periods of the summit goes to be live-streamed and is open to the general public.

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