World Leaders From China to EU Hold Climate Meeting Without US
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Heads of state and government leaders including Chinese President Xi Jinping and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are taking part in a two-hour long virtual meeting aimed at returning focus to climate action in an increasingly challenging global context.
Notably representatives from the US are not on the call organized by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday.
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