Biden invited Fernández to participate in Leaders Summit on Climate Change – Telam

The American president sent him the invitation in a letter that he addressed directly to the Argentine president.

United States President Joe Biden has invited Argentine Head of State Alberto Fernndez to participate in the Virtual Climate Change Leaders’ Summit on April 22-23, which will bring together leaders from the world’s major economies. , as well as other important partners, with the aim of “maintaining an urgent and frank dialogue on how to strengthen our collective efforts to address the climate crisis”.

The American President sent him the invitation through a letter he addressed directly to the Argentine President, in which he told him that “as leaders, it is up to us to do everything in our power to stop this growing global threat” in the face of to the “devastating effects of climate change”.

“Science has clearly shown that if we do not dramatically increase our efforts in this decade, we will doom future generations to untold harm,” Biden told Fernandez in his letter.

At the same time, he spoke of the “common struggle to change the course of suffering and losses inflicted by this pandemic”.

Biden noted that “his thoughts are with all the Argentinean families and communities who have been affected by the tragedies during this crisis.”

“As we fight COVID-19 and try to rebuild our economies to be better and stronger, we must not fail to also tackle the existential threat of climate change to come,” he said in his letter.

He recalled that one of the first steps he took as president “was to reincorporate the United States into the Paris Agreement, the framework that has been adopted by all countries to guide our collective efforts. on climate issues “.

“I am fully committed to working with you to strengthen global climate ambition ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in Glasgow in November. Our guiding objective must be to maintain the crucial objective of limiting climate change. Global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, ”Biden writes to Fernandez.

And he noted that “at the time of the Leaders’ Summit, the United States will present an ambitious 2030 climate target as our new nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement.”

“I urge you to also attend the summit ready to share how your government is helping to keep the 1.5 degree Celsius target within reach,” the US president concluded.

He specified that the summit will reconvene the Forum of the main economies on energy and the climate, which brings together the 17 countries responsible for nearly 80% of emissions in the world, in order to find points of convergence in terms of solutions. climatic.

“In order to ensure that the summit also includes other important voices to understand and address this urgent challenge, I invite leaders from other countries who have demonstrated strong climate leadership, are particularly vulnerable to climate impacts and trace normative paths. Towards a net zero economy, ”Biden said.

Of the 40 heads of state summoned, there are seven Latin Americans: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Antigua and Barbuda and Jamaica.

The guests:

The list is compiled from the top economies of the 17 countries most responsible for emissions and the leaders considered to be the most engaged.

Besides Argentinian Fernndez, Presidents Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil), Sebastin Piera (Chile), Xi Jinping (China), Ivn Duque Mrquez (Colombia), Flix Tshisekedi (Congo), Ursula von der Leyen (European Commission), Charles Michel (European Council), Emmanuel Macron (France), Ali Bongo Ondimba (Gabn), Joko Widodo (Indonesia), Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya), David Kabua (Marshall Islands), Andrs Manuel Lpez Obrador (Mexico), Muhammadu Buhari (Nigeria) )), Andrzej Duda (Poland), Moon Jae-in (South Korea), Vladimir Poutine (Russian Federation), Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa (South Africa), Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (Turkey) and Nguyễn Ph Trọng (Vietnam).

Also participating will be German Chancellor Angela Merkel, King Salman bin Abdulaziz (Saudi Arabia) and Sheikh bin Zayed Al Nahayan (United Arab Emirates) and Prime Ministers Gaston Browne (Antigua and Barbuda), Scott Morrison (Australia), Sheikh Hasina (Bangladesh), Lotay Tshering (Bhutan), Justin Trudeau (Canada), Mette Frederiksen (Denmark), Narendra Modi (India), Benjamin Netanyahu (Israel), Mario Draghi (Italy), Andrew Holness (Jamaica), Yoshihide Suga (Japan) ), Jacinda Ardern (New Zealand), Erna Solberg (Norway), Lee Hsien Loong (Singapore), Pedro Snchez (Spain) and Boris Johnson (United Kingdom).