The time is now and I'm very much committed to working with world leaders".90 The question remained as to how he would engage those leaders, while also building partnerships with civil society and business leaders to generate the critical mass necessary to tip the scales towards a successful outcome in 2015. He decided to hold another in September 2014, but this time, realizing how critical the multi-stakeholder approach was, he resolved to give business and civil society a seat at the table. The Climate Summit in September 2014 thus brought together over loo Heads of State and Government and 800 leaders from business and civil society.