2019 UN Climate Action Summit

<p>The 2019 UN Climate Action Summit was held at the <a href="/facts/Headquarters_of_the_United_Nations/4pof9vnU">headquarters of the United Nations</a> in <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a> on 23 September 2019. The UN 2019 Climate Summit convened on the theme, "Climate Action Summit 2019: A Race We Can Win. A Race We Must Win." The goal of the summit was to further climate action to reduce <a href="/facts/Greenhouse_gas_emission/Cu9nXPHE">greenhouse gas emissions</a> to prevent the mean global temperature from rising by more than 1.5 °C (2.7 °F) above preindustrial levels. Sixty countries were expected to "announce steps to reduce emissions and support populations most vulnerable to the <a href="/facts/Climate_crisis/b4J1LBsB">climate crisis</a>" including <a href="/facts/France/CxIeIKM3">France</a>, a number of other European countries, small island countries and <a href="/facts/India/1kKHcnxM">India</a>. To increase pressure on political and economic actors to achieve the aims of the summit, a <a href="/facts/September_2019_climate_strikes/x1PA0EyY">global climate strike</a> was held around the world on 20 September with over four million participants.
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2019 UN Climate Action Summit