It was billed as a day of action. Parties without concrete, actionable plans and commitments stayed away from a meeting that the UN Secretary General and wider community believed could be the most important climate meeting since Paris in 2015. Leaders who brought announcements to the Climate Action Summit effectively represented the world's front line in the battle to stay within the 1.5°C of warming.
The International Renewable Energy Agency participated. Director-General Francesco La Camera joined heads of state and leaders from business and civil society in reinforcing a unified and immediate response to the climate emergency. In an address to delegates, Mr. La Camera reiterated the Agency's support for the world's most vulnerable nations including small island developing states (SIDS) and reminded attendees that it's possible to limit warming if we invest in the energy transition.
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