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The US-led Leaders’ Summit on Climate, held on 22 and 23 April as a video conference, attracted 40 world leaders (presidents and prime ministers) including Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Also taking part were some 24 other speakers at ministerial level (environment, defence, economy) in addition to Pope Francis and United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, as well as almost 40 heads of environmental organisations, indigenous communities and leading businessmen, including Bill Gates. The event coincided with Earth Day, an annual event first held in 1970.

Date: Tuesday, 27 April 2021
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsleaders-summit-on-climate-attracts-world-leaders-businessmen-and-environmentalists-8699323

International Energy Agency (IEA) Executive Director Fatih Birol on 12 February told the Agency’s Big Ideas speaker series that a "grand coalition" of all stakeholders is needed to address the challenge of climate change, including the energy sector, which it accounts for most of the world's carbon dioxide emissions.

Date: Saturday, 15 February 2020
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsiea-stresses-need-to-combat-climate-change-7773146

The leaders of Canada, Mexico and the USA agreed on 29 June at the North American Leaders' Summit in Ottawa to generate 50% of their energy from clean power sources by 2025, including nuclear, renewable and carbon capture and storage technologies. A joint statement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, President Enrique Peña Nieto of Mexico and President Barack Obama of the USA said: "We announce a historic goal for North America to strive to achieve 50% clean power generation by 2025. We will accomplish this goal through clean energy development and deployment, clean energy innovation and energy efficiency."

Date: Tuesday, 05 July 2016
Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newsclean-power-goal-for-us-canada-and-mexico-4941396