The COP28 Local Climate Action Summit is a first-of-its-kind gathering to recognize the critical role local leaders play in reducing emissions, addressing climate risk, and supercharging national efforts to move further and faster on climate progress. Hosted by the COP28 Presidency and Bloomberg Philanthropies, the Summit aims to bring together hundreds of national and subnational climate leaders to transform climate finance, enhance global action, fast-track the energy transition, and strengthen resilience and adaptation at the local level. This Summit is backed by world-leading networks of local leaders including the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy, ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability, United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG), US Conference of Mayors, the Under2 Coalition, and others.

00:00 Shamma Faisal Al Bastaki, Poet & Artist
3:59 Local Climate Action Summit Opening Video
6:17 Michael R. Bloomberg, UN Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions, Founder of Bloomberg Philanthropies & Bloomberg L.P., Mayor of New York City, 2002-2013
10:38 H.E. Dr Sultan al Jaber, COP28 President & UAE Special Envoy for Climate Change
20:02 António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General
26:45 Xie Zhenhua, Special Envoy for Climate Change, People’s Republic of China
34:16 Maroš Šefčovič, Executive Vice President of the European Commission
39:48 Local Action Spotlight Video: London, England
40:45 Mayor Abigail Binay, Makati, Philippines, Governor Yuriko Koike, Tokyo, Japan, Mayor Claudia López, Bogotá, Colombia, and Antha Williams, Head of the Environment Program at Bloomberg Philanthropies
58:37 Local Action Spotlight Video: Freetown, Sierra Leone
59:46 Laurence Tubiana, CEO of the European Climate Foundation, France’s Climate Change Ambassador and Special Representative for COP21, and COP22 UN High-Level Champion for Climate Action, H.E. Abdulla Mohammed Al Basti, Secretary General of The Executive Council of Dubai, Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Paris, France, Mayor Eduardo Paes, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Francine Lacqua, Anchor and Editor at Large for Bloomberg Television
1:18:41 Local Action Spotlight Video: Warsaw, Poland, California, Jakarta, Indonesia

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