El Presidente Biden y el Vicepresidente Harris abrirán la sesión inaugural de la cumbre, en donde se subrayará la urgente necesidad de que las principales economías del mundo refuercen sus objetivos climáticos para apoyar la COP 26 que busca mantener el objetivo de limitar el calentamiento en 1.5 centígrados.
El evento ofrece la oportunidad a los líderes de analizar los desafíos que presenta el clima a los países y hablar de los esfuerzos que están llevando a cabo y anunciar nuevas medidas para fortalecer el cumplimiento de los objetivos.
En el primer día de actividades, participará Andrés Manuel López Obrador, presidente de México.
Día Uno
Día dos
Agenda del evento virtual de dos días:
Day 1–April 22
Raising Our Climate Ambition
President Biden and Vice President Harris will open the inaugural session of the Summit. This session will underscore the urgent need for the world’s major economies to strengthen their climate ambition by the time of COP 26 to keep the goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius within reach. It will provide an opportunity for leaders to highlight the climate-related challenges their countries face and the efforts they are undertaking, and to announce new steps to strengthen climate ambition.
8:00 a.m.–Session 1
U.S. Participants:
Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry
Leaders:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres
Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Antigua and Barbuda
President Alberto Fernandez, Argentina
Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Australia
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh
Prime Minister Lotay Tshering, Bhutan
President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada
President Sebastián Piñera, Chile
President Xi Jinping, People’s Republic of China
President Iván Duque Márquez, Colombia
President Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission
President Emmanuel Macron, France
President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon
Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India
President Joko Widodo, Indonesia
Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Italy
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Japan
President David Kabua, Republic of the Marshall Islands
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico
President Moon Jae-in, Republic of Korea
President Vladimir Putin, The Russian Federation
King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey
Prime Minister Boris Johnson, United Kingdom
11:45 a.m.–Session 2
Investing in Climate Solutions
This session will highlight the urgent need to scale up climate finance; efforts to increase public finance for mitigation and adaptation in developing countries; and efforts to shift trillions of dollars of private investment to finance the transition to net zero by 2050.
U.S. Participants:
Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry
National Economic Council Director Brian Deese
Leaders:
President Félix Tshisekedi, Democratic Republic of the Congo
President Charles Michel, European Council
Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Jamaica
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand
Speakers:
Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank
Oliver Bäte, CEO, Allianz
Jane Fraser, CEO, Citigroup
Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund
Marcie Frost, CEO, CalPERS
Yannick Glemarec, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund
David Malpass, Group President, World Bank Group
Brian Moynihan, Chairman and CEO, Bank of America; Chair, International Business Council; Co-Chair, Sustainable Markets Initiative
Day 1 Featured Speakers:
Pope Francis
Carolina Schmidt, Environment Minister, Chile; President, 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25)
Alok Sharma MP, United Kingdom; President, 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26)
Xiye Bastida, Fridays for Future
12:45 p.m.–Session 3
(Breakout Sessions, Round 1)
Adaptation and Resilience
This session will highlight the climate adaptation and resilience challenges faced by all countries, especially those most vulnerable to climate impacts, and cutting-edge approaches to strengthening resilience in the face of climate change and climate variability.
U.S. Participants:
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas
Speakers:
Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Public Enterprises, Civil Service, Communications, Fiji
Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and Minister for Transport, Ireland
Aziz Rabbah, Minister of Energy, Mines and Environment, Morocco
Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, Netherlands
Malik Amin Aslam, Federal Minister of Climate Change, Pakistan
João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister for the Environment and Climate Action, Portugal
Abdullah Subai, Minister of Municipality and Environment, Qatar
Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya, Minister of Environment, Rwanda
Varawut Silpa-archa, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand
Climate Action at All Levels
This session will highlight the critical efforts of subnational and non-state actors (cities, states/regions, and indigenous groups) that are contributing to green recovery and working closely with national governments to advance climate ambition and resilience on the ground.
U.S. Participants:
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan
Speakers:
Sinéia B. do Vale, Member, Indigenous Council of Roraima, Brazil
Mayor LaToya Cantrell, New Orleans
Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Paris, France
Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, President of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad
Governor Yuriko Koike, Tokyo, Japan
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico
Fawn Sharp, President, National Congress of American Indians
Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico City, Mexico
2:00 p.m.–Session 3
(Breakout Sessions, Round 2)
Climate Security
This session will highlight the global security challenges posed by climate change, the impact on the military and readiness, and efforts underway to address the threat multipliers to energy, economic, and national security.
U.S. Participants:
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III
Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines
Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations
Speakers:
Ben Wallace MP, Secretary of State for Defense, United Kingdom
Kishi Nobuo, Minister of Defense, Japan
Monica Juma, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Defense, Kenya
Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General, NATO
Carlos G. Dominguez III, Secretary of Finance, The Philippines
Jumaah Enad, Minister of Defense, Iraq
Margarita Robles Fernández, Minister of Defense, Spain
Nature-based Solutions
This session will highlight the critical role of nature-based solutions in reducing emissions and strengthening climate resilience, including efforts to reduce deforestation and the loss of wetlands, restore marine and terrestrial ecosystems, and promote sustainable agricultural practices.
U.S. Participants:
Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland
Speakers:
Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada
Andrea Meza, Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica
Lee White, Minister of Water, Forests, the Seas, and Environment, Gabon
Luhut B. Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Indonesia
Gabriel Quijandría, Minister of the Environment, Peru
Flavien P. Joubert, Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Seychelles
Tuntiak Katan, General Coordinator, Global Alliance of Territorial Communities
Archana Soreng, Member, Youth Advisory Group on Climate to the U.N. Secretary General; Kharia Tribe, Sundergarh, India
Day 2–April 23
8:00 a.m.–Session 4
Unleashing Climate Innovation
This session will highlight the critical role of technological innovation in achieving a net-zero, climate-resilient economy; the importance of accelerating public and private investment in climate innovation; and the enormous economic opportunities in building the industries of the future.
U.S. Participants:
Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm
Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo
Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry
Leaders:
Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Denmark
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel
President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya
Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore
Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, United Arab Emirates
Speakers:
Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency
Anna Borg, President and CEO, Vattenfall
Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Danielle Merfeld, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, GE Renewable Energy
Audrey Zibelman, Vice President, X
9:15 a.m.–Session 5
The Economic Opportunities of Climate Action
This session will highlight the broad economic benefits of climate action, with a strong focus on job creation. It will explore the economic benefits of green recovery and long-term decarbonization and the importance of ensuring that all communities and workers benefit from the clean-energy transition.
U.S. Participants:
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
United States Trade Representative Katherine C. Tai
National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy
Leaders:
President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria
President Andrzej Duda, Poland
President Pedro Sánchez, Spain
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vietnam
Speakers:
Jack Allen, CEO, Proterra
Roxanne Brown, International Vice President at Large, United Steelworkers
Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union
Brett Isaac, CEO, Navajo Power
Erica Mackie, CEO, Grid Alternatives
Nthabiseng Mosia, Co-Founder and CCO, Easy Solar
George Oliver, Chairman and CEO, Johnson Controls International; Chair, Business Roundtable Energy & Environment Committee
Lonnie R. Stephenson, President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Day 2 Featured Speakers:
Michael Bloomberg, U.N. Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions
Bill Gates, Founder, Breakthrough Energy
Brenda Mallory, Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality
Peggy Shepard, Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice; Co-Chair, White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council
