2019 UN Climate Action Summit

2019 UN Climate Action Summit
Date21–23 September 2019 (2019-09-21 – 2019-09-23)
LocationNew York City, New York, U.S.
Organized byUnited Nations
ParticipantsUN member countries

The 2019 UN Climate Action Summit was held at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City on 23 September 2019.[1][2][3] The UN 2019 Climate Summit convened on the theme, "Climate Action Summit 2019: A Race We Can Win. A Race We Must Win."[4] The goal of the summit was to further climate action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent the mean global temperature from rising by more than 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) above preindustrial levels. Sixty countries were expected to "announce steps to reduce emissions and support populations most vulnerable to the climate crisis" including France, a number of other European countries, small island countries and India.[5] To increase pressure on political and economic actors to achieve the aims of the summit, a global climate strike was held around the world on 20 September with over four million participants.[6]

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