Biden vows to slash US carbon emissions in HALF by 2030 in virtual climate summit

The White House announced all 40 world leaders invited to President Joe Biden’s Climate Summit will attend. Those include:  

• Prime Minister Gaston Browne, Antigua and Barbuda

• President Alberto Fernandez, Argentina

• Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Australia

• Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh

• Prime Minister Lotay Tshering, Bhutan

• President Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil

• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada

• President Sebastián Piñera, Chile

• President Xi Jinping, People’s Republic of China

• President Iván Duque Márquez, Colombia

• President Félix Tshisekedi, Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Denmark

• President Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission

• President Charles Michel, European Council

• President Emmanuel Macron, France

• President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon

• Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India

• President Joko Widodo, Indonesia

• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel

• Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Italy

• Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Jamaica

• Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Japan

• President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya

• President David Kabua, Republic of the Marshall Islands

• President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico

• Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand

• President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria

• Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway

• President Andrzej Duda, Poland

• President Moon Jae-in, Republic of Korea

• President Vladimir Putin, The Russian Federation

• King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

• Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore

• President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa

• Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, Spain

• President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey

• President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, United Arab Emirates

• Prime Minister Boris Johnson, United Kingdom

• President Nguyễn Phú Trọng, Vietnam 

Additionally, several American Cabinet officials will attend, including:

  • Secretary of State Anthony Blinken 
  • Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry
  • Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen
  • Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas
  • Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin
  • Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines
  • US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield
  • Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland
  • Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm
  • Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo
  • Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg
  • National Economic Council Director Brian Deese
  • Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
  • Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan
  • United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai
  • National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy