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(Part 2) Climate Action Summit 2019.
Watch video on demand - SG The UN Secretary-General is hosting the Climate Action Summit to boost ambition and accelerate action to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Leaders from government, the private sector and civil society will present concrete actions, plans and initiatives to tackle climate change.
Climate change is the defining issue of our time and now is the defining moment to do something about it. There is still time to tackle climate change, but it will require an unprecedented effort from all sectors of society.
To boost ambition and accelerate actions to implement the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will host the 2019 Climate Action Summit on 23 September to meet the climate challenge. The Summit will showcase a leap in collective national political ambition and it will demonstrate massive movements in the real economy in support of the agenda. Together, these developments will send strong market and political signals and inject momentum in the “race to the top” among countries, companies, cities and civil society that is needed to achieve the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.
- National Announcements (3 speakers)
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Theme 6: Live, Work and Move Green (5 speakers)
Announcements from governments, civil society and the private sector on:
- Concrete actions to transition to an energy-efficient and green urban environment
- Specifically-tailored financial and technical support - National Announcements (3 speakers)
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Theme 7: Cutting GHG Emissions Now with Energy Efficiency (5 speakers)
Announcements from governments, civil society and the private sector on:
- Concrete and transformative actions to expand energy efficient cooling plans
- The scaling-up of energy efficiency in their Nationally Determined Contributions and Long-Term strategies - National Announcements (3 speakers)
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Theme 8: Adapting Now: Making People Safer (5 speakers)
Announcements from governments, civil society and the private sector on:
- Concrete regional and global actions to better adapt to climate change and risks
- Specifically-tailored financial and technical support - National Announcements (3 speakers)
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Theme 9: Least Developed Countries (5 speakers)
Announcements from governments, civil society and the private sector on:
- The LDC’s’ vision for developing along a resilient and carbon neutral pathway,
- With the support of the international community - National Announcements (3 speakers)
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Theme 10: People Centered Action Now (5 speakers)
Announcements from governments, civil society and the private sector on:
- How to better focus on people in climate action - jobs, gender and other social drivers as enablers of greater national and sub-national ambition - National Announcements (3 speakers)
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Theme 11: The Economy Moving from Grey to Green (5 speakers)
Announcements from governments and the private industrial and financial sector on:
- Current concrete and ambitious actions to get to carbon neutrality before 2050 - National Announcements (3 speakers)
- Secretary-General’s closing remarks.