The Climate Change Summit hosted by US President Joe Biden will begin on the night of the 22nd of Japan time.
The US government has announced that 40 world leaders, including Prime Minister Suga, will participate in the summit, and is calling on each country to take measures such as further raising its greenhouse gas reduction targets.
The Climate Change Summit, hosted by President Biden of the United States, will be held online for two days starting at 8:00 am EST on the 22nd and 9:00 tonight EST.
On the 21st before the summit, the US government announced that President Biden had invited all 40 world leaders to participate.
Including the Prime Minister Kan is in this, Xi Jinping Jintao of China, have been included, such as Russian President Vladimir Putin.
President Biden will address the opening meeting of the leaders of 26 major countries on the first day of the summit.
Major US media have said that President Biden is expected to announce a goal to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions by about half that of 2005 by 2030.
In addition, Japan's Minister of Defense Kishi will participate in security-themed meetings, and Governor Koike of Tokyo will participate in local government meetings.
At this summit, the US government is requesting each country to further raise its greenhouse gas reduction targets and show concrete measures to solve the climate change problem.
Dates
The U.S. Department of State has announced that the Climate Change Summit will have five meetings on the 22nd and 23rd.
On the first day, a meeting of leaders from 26 countries will be held from 8:00 am EST on the 22nd and 9:00 pm EST on the 22nd.
In addition to Biden President to address, Prime Minister Kan and China Xi Jinping Jintao, Russian President Vladimir Putin, it such Guterres Secretary-General of the United Nations to participate, will announce the national efforts.
The theme of the second meeting is "Investing in Climate Change Countermeasures", which will be attended by US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and IMF Managing Director Georgiewa of the International Monetary Fund.
The third meeting will be divided into four subcommittees, which will be held sequentially from the early morning of the 23rd of Japan time.
Of these, the US Secretary of Defense Austin and the Japanese Minister of Defense Kishi will participate in the subcommittee on the theme of "security," and Governor Koike of Tokyo will participate in the subcommittees such as the top of local governments.
Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church will also give a speech on the 22nd of the first day.
The second day of the summit will begin at 9 pm on the 23rd of Japan time.
The fourth meeting on the theme of "Technological Innovation in Climate Change Countermeasures" will be attended by leaders of six countries including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top executives of companies.
Finally, at the fifth meeting, the leaders of the four countries and top executives of companies will discuss the theme of "creating employment through climate change countermeasures."
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, a major IT company, and former Mayor of New York City, Bloomberg, will also make speeches on the second day of the summit.
Biden administration's aims and challenges
The Biden administration in the United States has made climate change countermeasures a top priority, not only positioning it at the core of foreign policy, but also wanting to use it as a catalyst for job creation in the country.
On the first day of his inauguration in January, President Biden signed a document to return to the Paris Agreement, an international framework that left under the former Trump administration.
Furthermore, in addition to signing a presidential decree restricting the drilling of crude oil and natural gas on state-owned land, it has launched a series of policies focusing on infrastructure development for the spread of electric vehicles and support for renewable energy development. , We are in the process of shifting from the previous administration, which emphasized the protection of energy industries such as oil and natural gas.
President Biden hopes to show the strategic shift from the previous administration both inside and outside the country through this summit, and to take a stance of emphasizing international cooperation and use it as a stepping stone for the United States to play a leading role again in this field.
The United States is the world's second-largest emitter, accounting for about 15% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but Secretary of State Antony Blinken said, "If we fail to reduce the remaining 85% of the world, the United States will be climate change. He emphasizes that cooperation with each country is indispensable, such as saying, "I will lose the fight."
Among them, China, which is the world's largest emitter, is in deep conflict over human rights and security issues, but from the standpoint that cooperation is indispensable for climate change countermeasures, the field where the United States and China can cooperate through the summit. Then I would like to confirm that we will cooperate.
In addition, the Biden administration aims to transform the structure of the domestic economy by focusing on climate change countermeasures, and to link the technological development and dissemination of renewable energy to the creation of employment and the expansion of business opportunities.
On the other hand, opposition parties and Republicans argue that if they move away from fossil fuels, many jobs will be lost in the country and the economic impact will be great, and as a result, China and Russia will benefit from it. I am.
On the other hand, the Democratic Party's left wing is demanding the realization of a carbon-free society through more aggressive infrastructure investment, and President Biden is being forced to steer difficult over climate change measures.