The President will also have a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen of Cambodia, which is the 2022 chair of ASEAN.Īnd I think that, you know, this reflects a following through on an institutionalization of the very stepped-up engagement with ASEAN and with Southeast Asia that we have seen so far in the administration.Īnd I would just remind everyone that in May - so, last year, at the end of October, the President spoke at the virtual U.S.-ASEAN Summit and virtual East Asia Summit meetings that took place at the end of October, chaired by Brunei, which did not have in-person attendance. So, after Sharm, the President will travel to Pnom Penh, Cambodia, from November 12th to 13th to participate in the annual U.S.-ASEAN Summit on November 12th and then the East Asia Summit on November 13th. SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Thank you very much for that laydown. So, a lot to cover, but it’ll be an important visit at a really critical time.
leadership in tackling the climate crisis at home and abroad and to demonstrate how we’re mobilizing unprecedented levels of public and private finance to partner with developing countries in reducing their emissions and, in particular, in adapting to climate impacts, as well as the efforts that we’re leading to decarbonize the so-called “hard to abate” sectors like shipping, and to drive multilateral progress through a number of targeted efforts such as the Global Methane Pledge, which the President announced last year.Īnd the President will also speak to the need for the 196 parties to the Paris Agreement to really keep their eyes on the ball when it comes to accelerating ambitious action to reduce emissions, to keep within reach the goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees. He’ll have the opportunity to showcase U.S. The President will arrive in Sharm at the end of what they call “high-level week.” And his speech will be an opportunity to set the tone for the following week, where the negotiations really get underway in earnest. We also just saw the Senate vote on a bipartisan basis to ratify the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, which in itself could help prevent a half-degree Celsius of warming this century. Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and more, we’re really well-positioned to meet the goals that we’ve set in a way that we’ve never been in the past. And this year, we’re on track to do that. We’ve seen the United States go from a global laggard to a global leader in less than 18 months.Īnd last year, President Biden set an ambitious goal of reducing emissions by about - by at least, rather, 50 percent in 2030. The Biden administration is proud to be heading into this COP with historic momentum. to reduce emissions and advance the global climate fight, and help the most vulnerable build resilience to climate impacts.Īnd the President will also have a bilateral meeting with President El-Sisi of Egypt, who, of course, is hosting the COP. While he’s on the ground, he’ll give a special address about our efforts to build on the unprecedented work by the U.S. Climate Conference - COP27 - is underway. So, the President will head to Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Friday, where the U.N. SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Thank you. And then we’ll take as many questions as we can. We’re going to go through each leg of the trip, so just bear with us. So we’re going to do some remarks at the top. So, for your awareness and not for reporting, our speakers on the call today are, , and. We wanted to take an opportunity to give you guys some thoughts on the coming travel and then also take some questions.Īs you guys know, we’re going to have more information to share with you on other bilats and events as we get closer to the trip, but just wanted to be able to start the conversation sooner rather than later. And the contents of the call are embargoed until the call ends.
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