The naming and shaming of climate laggards has begun.
"Missing from the list of 34 speakers representing countries at #Guterres' #ClimateAmbitionSummit are the world's biggest emitters China and United States, as well as the United Arab Emirates, the host of the COP28 gathering in December."
UN chief puts spotlight on 'movers,' excludes US, China at climate summit
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday will gather heads of state and business leaders that he has identified as taking stronger action on climate change for a meeting aimed at building momentum ahead of the COP28 climate summit.