Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate Leaders Meeting
President Joe Biden will host a virtual leader-level meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) on June 17, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time. This will be President Biden’s third leader-level convening of the MEF since taking office.
This meeting of the MEF is a continuation of the President’s efforts to use all levers to tackle the global climate crisis, urgently address rising costs around the world exacerbated by Russia’s war on Ukraine, and put the U.S. and allies on a path to long-term energy and food security. In urging countries to enhance climate ambition, he invited fellow leaders to join the United States in a set of concrete, collective initiatives that will accelerate global action on climate as well as our energy security and food security efforts.
The MEF includes countries representing 80 percent of global GDP, population, and greenhouse gas emissions. Other leaders critical to the global effort to tackle the climate crisis have also been invited to participate.
- U.S. Climate Envoy John Kerry
- President Joe Biden
- U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres
- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada,
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia
- Prime Minister Jonas Støre of Norway
- Prime Minister Han Duck-soo of South Korea
- European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen
- Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Germany
- President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria
- President Gabrie Boric of Chile
- President Recep Erdoğan of Turkey
- President Abdeh Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt