Alberto Fernández: “In Argentina, we honor the Paris Agreement” – Télam

The virtual meeting brings together 40 leaders.

“It’s now or never. I have tasked my cabinet with developing the national adaptation and mitigation plan,” the president said during his virtual morning presentation to the Leaders’ Climate Summit, in which he announced that he would send a bill to Congress. for the protection of the environment of native forests.

“I call on us to coordinate regional and solidarity measures. The new generations are watching us. The time for doubt is over; no one is saved alone. Let’s go through another era with social, financial and environmental justice,” postulated the head of state of Argentina.

The virtual meeting brings together 40 leaders, as part of International Mother Earth Day. The list of exhibitors was compiled based on the major economies of the 17 countries most responsible for emissions and leaders considered most committed, and the 40 state leaders convened there are two of the Caribbean islands -Antigua and- Barbuda and Jamaica – and five Latin Americans: those of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Mexico.

“It’s now or never. I tasked my office with developing the national adaptation and mitigation plan.”“

Alberto Fernandez

Other invited countries are Germany, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Canada, China, Congo, South Korea, Denmark, United Arab Emirates, Spain, France, Gabn, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Marshall Islands, Nigeria, Norway, New Zealand, Poland, United Kingdom, Russia, Singapore, South Africa , Turkey, Vietnam.

In addition, a member of the European Commission and another of the European Council participate.

On the 12th of this month, the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Juan Cabandi, participated by video conference in a preparatory meeting for the Summit, organized by the Wilson Center in the United States, where he called for “the construction of ‘a new architecture finances post-pandemic reactivation policies in the context of climate action,’ this portfolio explained.

Also participating were her Chilean counterparts, Carolina Schmidt, and Carlos Eduardo Correa, from Colombia, with the moderation of Cynthia Arnson, Latin American program director of the Wilson Foundation.

Fernández was invited to this Summit by the United States government on February 26, during a telephone conversation with the Special Envoy for the climate of the United States administration, John Kerry; and ratified on March 26 with a letter sent by President Biden himself to the Argentine President.