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United Nations Climate Ambition Summit 2023

20 September 2023

Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) delivers remarks at the United Nations Climate Ambition Summit 2023.

Also present on dais: Courtenay Rattray (left), Chef de Cabinet for the Secretary-General; Selwin Charles Hart (second from left), Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just Transition and Assistant Secretary-General of the Climate Action Team; and Melissa Fleming (second from right), Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications.

The latest scientific assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has once again highlighted the urgency to act on the climate crisis. To accelerate action by all, and hear from "first movers and doers," Secretary-General António Guterres is convening a Climate Ambition Summit at UN Headquarters on the side of the General Assembly Debate. The Summit represents a critical political milestone to demonstrate that there is collective global will to accelerate the pace and scale of a just transition to a more equitable renewable-energy based, climate-resilient global economy.

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