Joseph Biden invited Alberto Fernández to the Summit …

President Alberto Fernandez received a letter from his peer in the United States, Joseph biden, with the invitation to participate in a Leaders Summit on Climate Change, which will take place days April 22 and 23 Upcoming.

The meeting will bring together, virtually, due to the pandemic, the leaders of the world’s major economies, as well as other important partners “to maintain an urgent and candid dialogue on how to strengthen our collective efforts to address the climate crisis. “.

In his letter from Washington, Biden also extended a “cordial greeting” to the head of state and the people of Argentina “as we continue our common struggle to turn the tide of suffering and loss inflicted by this pandemic. Our hearts go out to all Argentinian families and communities who have been affected by the tragedies of this crisis ”.

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

The guest list

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 Fernández, Presidents Jair Bolsonaro (Brazil), Sebastián Piñera (Chile), Xi Jinping (China), Iván Duque Márquez (Colombia), Félix Tshisekedi (Congo), Ursula von der Leyen (European Commission), Charles Michel (European Council), Emmanuel Macron (France), Ali Bongo Ondimba (Gabon), Joko Widodo (Indonesia), Uhuru Kenyatta (Kenya), David Kabua (Marshall Islands), Andrés Manuel López 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 Phú 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 Sánchez (Spain) and Boris Johnson (United Kingdom).

full text of the letter

Dear Mr. President:

On behalf of the American people, I extend my cordial greetings to you and the people of Argentina as we continue our common struggle to change the course of suffering and loss inflicted by this pandemic. My thoughts are with all the Argentinian families and communities who have been affected by the tragedies of this crisis. However, as we fight COVID-19 and try to rebuild our economies to be better and stronger, we must not fail to face the looming existential threat of climate change.

I am writing to you today to invite you to participate in a virtual leaders’ summit on climate change to be held on April 22-23, 2021, which will bring together leaders of the world’s major economies, as well as other partners. important to maintain an urgent and frank dialogue on how to strengthen our collective efforts to address the climate crisis.

The world is already suffering 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. As leaders, it is up to us to do all in our power to end this growing global threat.

For this reason, one of the first steps I 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 the climate. However, we all need to step up and do even more if we are to ensure the success of this agreement. I am fully committed to working with you to strengthen the global climate goals ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, to be held in Glasgow in November. Our guiding goal must be to maintain the crucial goal of limiting the rise in global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

At the time of the Leaders’ Summit, the United States will present an ambitious 2030 climate goal as a new nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement. I also urge you to come to the summit ready to share how your government will help keep the 1.5 degree Celsius target within reach.

The summit will reconvene the Forum of Major Economies on Energy and Climate, which brings together the 17 countries responsible for nearly 80% of global emissions, in order to find points of convergence on climate solutions. In order to ensure that the summit also includes other important voices to understand and address this urgent challenge, I invite leaders of other countries who have shown strong leadership on the issue, are particularly vulnerable to the impacts. climatic and trace paths. Normative towards a net zero economy.

Our discussions will focus both on the challenge of decarbonizing the global economy and on the pressing need to help vulnerable countries adapt to inevitable climate shocks. We will explore strategies to mobilize greater funding from the public and private sectors, as well as transformative technologies that can usher in the sustainable industries of the future. We will also highlight the economic and job-creating benefits of climate action, both in our recovery efforts in the short term and in the decades to come, and the need to ensure that these benefits are widely shared. In some sessions, business leaders and civil society will accompany us.

I look forward to welcoming you to the Climate Leaders Summit and hearing what your plans are for more ambitious climate action.

cordially