Schedule Summit Home About Schedule Day 1 Day 2 Remarks and Releases HomeLeaders Summit on Climate ...Leaders Summit on Climate: Schedule hide Leaders Summit on Climate: Schedule Schedule Day 1 8:00 a.m.–Session 1: Raising Our Climate Ambition 10:30 a.m.–Session 2: Investing in Climate Solutions 12:30 p.m.–Session 3: Breakout Sessions, Round 1 1:30 p.m.–Session 3: Breakout Sessions, Round 2 Day 2 8:00 a.m.–Session 4: Unleashing Climate Innovation 9:15 a.m.–Session 5: The Economic Opportunities of Climate Action All times EDT and approximate Speakers not listed in speaking order Day 1–April 22 8:00 a.m.–Session 1 Raising Our Climate Ambition President Biden and Vice President Harris will open the inaugural session of the Summit. This session will underscore the urgent need for the world’s major economies to strengthen their climate ambition by the time of COP 26 to keep the goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius within reach. It will provide an opportunity for leaders to highlight the climate-related challenges their countries face and the efforts they are undertaking, and to announce new steps to strengthen climate ambition. U.S. Participants: Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry Leaders: United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres 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 Ursula von der Leyen, European Commission President Emmanuel Macron, France President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabon Chancellor Angela Merkel, Germany Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India President Joko Widodo, Indonesia Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Italy Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Japan President David Kabua, Republic of the Marshall Islands President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Mexico President Moon Jae-in, Republic of Korea President Vladimir Putin, The Russian Federation King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey Prime Minister Boris Johnson, United Kingdom 10:30 a.m.–Session 2 Investing in Climate Solutions This session will highlight the urgent need to scale up climate finance; efforts to increase public finance for mitigation and adaptation in developing countries; and efforts to shift trillions of dollars of private investment to finance the transition to net zero by 2050. U.S. Participants: Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry National Economic Council Director Brian Deese Leaders: President Félix Tshisekedi, Democratic Republic of the Congo President Charles Michel, European Council Prime Minister Andrew Holness, Jamaica Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand Speakers: Akinwumi A. Adesina, President, African Development Bank Oliver Bäte, CEO, Allianz Jane Fraser, CEO, Citigroup Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund Marcie Frost, CEO, CalPERS Yannick Glemarec, Executive Director, Green Climate Fund David Malpass, Group President, World Bank Group Brian Moynihan, Chairman and CEO, Bank of America; Chair, International Business Council; Co-Chair, Sustainable Markets Initiative Day 1 Featured Speakers: Pope Francis Carolina Schmidt, Environment Minister, Chile; President, 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25) Alok Sharma MP, United Kingdom; President, 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) Xiye Bastida, Fridays for Future 12:30 p.m.–Session 3 (Breakout Sessions, Round 1) Adaptation and Resilience This session will highlight the climate adaptation and resilience challenges faced by all countries, especially those most vulnerable to climate impacts, and cutting-edge approaches to strengthening resilience in the face of climate change and climate variability. U.S. Participants: Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas Speakers: Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Attorney-General and Minister for Economy, Public Enterprises, Civil Service, Communications, Fiji Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and Minister for Transport, Ireland Aziz Rabbah, Minister of Energy, Mines and Environment, Morocco Cora van Nieuwenhuizen, Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management, Netherlands Malik Amin Aslam, Federal Minister of Climate Change, Pakistan João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister for the Environment and Climate Action, Portugal Abdullah Subai, Minister of Municipality and Environment, Qatar Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya, Minister of Environment, Rwanda Varawut Silpa-archa, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, Thailand Climate Action at All Levels This session will highlight the critical efforts of subnational and non-state actors (cities, states/regions, and indigenous groups) that are contributing to green recovery and working closely with national governments to advance climate ambition and resilience on the ground. U.S. Participants: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan Speakers: Sinéia B. do Vale, Member, Indigenous Council of Roraima, Brazil Mayor LaToya Cantrell, New Orleans Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Paris, France Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, President of the Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad Governor Yuriko Koike, Tokyo, Japan Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico Fawn Sharp, President, National Congress of American Indians Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico City, Mexico 1:30 p.m.–Session 3 (Breakout Sessions, Round 2) Climate Security This session will highlight the global security challenges posed by climate change, the impact on the military and readiness, and efforts underway to address the threat multipliers to energy, economic, and national security. U.S. Participants: Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield, U.S. Representative to the United Nations Speakers: Ben Wallace MP, Secretary of State for Defense, United Kingdom Kishi Nobuo, Minister of Defense, Japan Monica Juma, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Defense, Kenya Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General, NATO Carlos G. Dominguez III, Secretary of Finance, The Philippines Jumaah Enad, Minister of Defense, Iraq Margarita Robles Fernández, Minister of Defense, Spain Nature-based Solutions This session will highlight the critical role of nature-based solutions in reducing emissions and strengthening climate resilience, including efforts to reduce deforestation and the loss of wetlands, restore marine and terrestrial ecosystems, and promote sustainable agricultural practices. U.S. Participants: Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland Speakers: Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Canada Andrea Meza, Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica Lee White, Minister of Water, Forests, the Seas, and Environment, Gabon Luhut B. Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment, Indonesia Gabriel Quijandría, Minister of the Environment, Peru Flavien P. Joubert, Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Seychelles Tuntiak Katan, General Coordinator, Global Alliance of Territorial Communities Archana Soreng, Member, Youth Advisory Group on Climate to the U.N. Secretary General; Kharia Tribe, Sundergarh, India Day 2–April 23 8:00 a.m.–Session 4 Unleashing Climate Innovation This session highlighted the critical role of technological innovation in achieving a net-zero, climate-resilient economy; the importance of accelerating public and private investment in climate innovation; and the enormous economic opportunities in building the industries of the future. U.S. Participants: Secretary of Energy Jennifer M. Granholm Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry Leaders: Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, Denmark Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel President Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya Prime Minister Erna Solberg, Norway Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Singapore Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, United Arab Emirates Speakers: Fatih Birol, Executive Director, International Energy Agency Anna Borg, President and CEO, Vattenfall Shirley Ann Jackson, President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Danielle Merfeld, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, GE Renewable Energy Audrey Zibelman, Vice President, X 9:15 a.m.–Session 5 The Economic Opportunities of Climate Action This session highlighted the broad economic benefits of climate action, with a strong focus on job creation. It explored the economic benefits of green recovery and long-term decarbonization and the importance of ensuring that all communities and workers benefit from the clean-energy transition. U.S. Participants: Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg United States Trade Representative Katherine C. Tai National Climate Advisor Gina McCarthy Leaders: President Muhammadu Buhari, Nigeria President Andrzej Duda, Poland President Pedro Sánchez, Spain President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Vietnam Speakers: Jack Allen, CEO, Proterra Roxanne Brown, International Vice President at Large, United Steelworkers Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation Brett Isaac, CEO, Navajo Power Erica Mackie, CEO, Grid Alternatives Nthabiseng Mosia, Co-Founder and CCO, Easy Solar George Oliver, Chairman and CEO, Johnson Controls International; Chair, Business Roundtable Energy & Environment Committee Lonnie R. Stephenson, President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Day 2 Featured Speakers: Michael Bloomberg, U.N. Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions Bill Gates, Co-Chair of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and Founder of Breakthrough Energy Brenda Mallory, Chair, White House Council on Environmental Quality Peggy Shepard, Executive Director, WE ACT for Environmental Justice; Co-Chair, White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council Tags Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs Leaders Summit on Climate