#EnVivo Leaders Summit on Climate

Andrés Manuel López Obrador, presidente de México, participará en el primer día de la cumbre

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