(United Nations) China and the United States, the two largest emitters of greenhouse gases, will be absent from the summit on climate ambition organized on Wednesday by the Secretary General of the United Nations, who imposed a high entrance fee for this meeting, according to the list published by the UN on Tuesday.
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As humanity faces unprecedented climate catastrophes, Antonio Guterres announced this “common sense” summit last December, reserved for the best in terms of climate ambition.
“Tomorrow I will welcome the actors who are likely to change the lines at the Climate Ambition Summit,” he insisted Tuesday during his speech to the General Assembly in New York.
“We cannot afford to repeat the usual rhetoric and look for scapegoats or wait for others to act first.”
The list of lucky elects finally published on Tuesday night includes some notable absentees, notably the United States, while President Joe Biden will remain in New York, and China, whose president did not travel to the Annual General Meeting. Or the United Kingdom, which is preparing to return to its goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050, its Prime Minister Rishi Sunak suggested on Tuesday.
The European Union, for its part, is invited to present its action plans to achieve carbon neutrality, as are Brazil, Canada, France and South Africa, as well as many countries on the front line against the impacts of global warming, such as Barbados , Samoa or Tuvalu.
The Secretary General also invited non-state actors, such as the Governor of California and the Mayor of London.
