President attends opening ceremony of Leaders Summit on Climate
(VOVWORLD) - President Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the opening ceremony of the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate hosted by the US on Thursday at the invitation of US President Joe Biden.
 President Nguyen Xuan Phuc at the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate (Photo: baoquocte.vn) |
The event aims to galvanize efforts to limit planetary warming to the 1.5 degrees agreed under the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change, how greater climate ambition will create good paying jobs, advance innovative technologies, and help vulnerable countries adapt to climate change.
Mr. Phuc will deliver a speech at a session on the economic opportunities of climate action scheduled for Friday, along with Biden, the Spanish Prime Minister, and the Presidents of Nigeria and Poland.