{"id":49236,"date":"2023-09-20T11:48:13","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T10:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/?p=49236"},"modified":"2023-09-22T13:15:59","modified_gmt":"2023-09-22T12:15:59","slug":"us-china-uk-left-off-un-climate-action-summit-guestlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.climatechangenews.com\/2023\/09\/20\/us-china-uk-left-off-un-climate-action-summit-guestlist\/","title":{"rendered":"‘First movers’ only: US, China, UK left off UN climate guestlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

UN chief Antonio Guterres left big players off the lineup for his Climate Ambition Summit on Wednesday, putting climate credibility above power politics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over 100 governments expressed an interest in speaking at the summit in New York but only 34 made the cut, with slots restricted to what the UN called “first movers and first doers”.<\/p>\n

Of the G20 nations, only the leaders of Brazil, Canada, France, Germany and South Africa will speak. The US, China, the UK and India were among those omitted from the speaker list.<\/p>\n

A source with knowledge of discussions told Climate Home that governments like the US and UK had urged Guterres to let them speak, but did not meet his criteria.<\/p>\n

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Countries shaded green are those speaking at the UN Climate Action Summit in New York, 20 September 2023<\/p><\/div>\n

Re-heated announcements<\/h3>\n

UK leader Rishi Sunak was under pressure at home to explain<\/a> his climate stance after the BBC revealed he was planning to water down<\/a> key policies like phasing out gas boilers and petrol cars.<\/p>\n

Carmakers reacted angrily<\/a> to the mixed messages. Experts pointed out the UK has legally binding carbon budgets<\/a> and there is strong public support<\/a> for the net zero target.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, US president Joe Biden announced nothing new on climate in his speech to the UN yesterday.<\/p>\n