UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon addresses participants at 2014 Climate Summit in New York City.
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World leadership is gathering starting
September 23 for the UN Climate Summit 2014. In addition to government
officials, leaders of the private sector and nongovernmental
organizations are invited to the United Nations Headquarters. The goal
of this meeting is to provide a venue for participants to announce
concrete plans towards greenhouse gas emission reductions and other solutions to the global climate change problem.
In the words of the United Nations’ Secretary’s office, “the Climate
Summit will be about action and solutions that are focused on
accelerating progress in areas that can significantly contribute to
reducing emissions and strengthening resilience – such as agriculture,
cities, energy, financing, forests, pollutants, resilience and
transportation.”
No negotiations about the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
are expected at this meeting, yet it should be more than a roadside
show. There is a lot of hope focused on the 2015 Paris Climate Change
Conference, where leaders need to agree on a renewed, meaningful climate
commitment following the expiration of the Kyoto Protocol.
The 2014 UN Climate Summit in New York is seen as an important
milestone, providing an opportunity for participants to diplomatically
smooth out differences and forge alliances ahead of the Paris meeting.
An estimated 125 heads of state are expected to attend. Notably,
the Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper declined to attend the
summit. He delegated the task instead to Environment Minister Leona
Aglukkaq.
On Sunday September 21, two days before the conference began, the People's Climate March united over 300,000 in New York city for the largest climate march in history. Source
United Nations. Climate Summit 2014.
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