U.S President invites 40 World leaders for a Climate Summit.

40 world leaders have been invited for the Leaders Summit on Climate which US President Joe Biden will host on April 22 and 23. The virtual summit will be live streamed for public viewing.

African presidents who have been invited include President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, President Félix Tshisekedi of Democratic Republic of the Congo, President Ali Bongo Ondimba of Gabon, Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari and President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa.

In his invitation, the American President urged leaders to use the summit as an opportunity to outline how their countries also will contribute to stronger climate ambition.

The climate summit will reconvene the U.S.-led Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate, which brings together 17 countries responsible for approximately 80 percent of global emissions and global GDP.

It will also highlight examples of how enhanced climate ambition will create good paying jobs, advance innovative technologies, and help vulnerable countries adapt to climate impacts.

By the time of the summit, the United States is expected to announce an ambitious 2030 emissions target as its new Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement.

Key themes of the summit will include:

• Galvanizing efforts by the world’s major economies to reduce emissions during this critical decade to keep a limit to warming of 1.5 degree Celsius within reach.
• Mobilizing public and private sector finance to drive the net-zero transition and to help vulnerable countries cope with climate impacts.
• The economic benefits of climate action, with a strong emphasis on job creation, and the importance of ensuring all communities and workers benefit from the transition to a new clean energy economy.
• Spurring transformational technologies that can help reduce emissions and adapt to climate change, while also creating enormous new economic opportunities and building the industries of the future.
• Spurring transformational technologies that can help reduce emissions and adapt to climate change, while also creating enormous new economic opportunities and building the industries of the future.
• Discussing opportunities to strengthen capacity to protect lives and livelihoods from the impacts of climate change, address the global security challenges posed by climate change and the impact on readiness, and address the role of nature-based solutions in achieving net zero by 2050 goals.

The White House said further details on the summit agenda, additional participants, media access, and public viewing will be provided in the coming weeks.