Biden invites 40 world leaders to climate summit

Biden invites 40 world leaders to climate summit

WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden has invited 40 heads of state, including Saudi Arabia's Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to join him for the World Leaders Summit on Climate to be hosted by his administration on April 22-23.The other leaders including Presidents Xi Jinping of China and Vladimir Putin of Russia, and Prime Ministers Sheikh Hasina of Bangladesh and Lotay Tshering of Bhutan have also been invited to the virtual meeting to highlight the urgency of action to combat climate change, the White House said on Friday.European leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson were invited. In addition Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan too have been invited.The virtual Leaders Summit will be live streamed for public viewing, the White House said in a statement, adding that it aims to galvanize efforts by the major economies to tackle the climate crisis.Biden has made fighting climate change a pillar of