Young people and Big Oil executives will join world leaders in September for the most high-profile summit on climate change since the 2015 UN conference that led to the Paris Agreement. Why it matters: The New York event is aimed at encouraging countries to increase their pledges to the Paris deal, in the face of rising global carbon emissions, falling investment in renewable energy and an American president who denies there’s a problem at all. Driving the news: The United Nations is hosting the event and there will be two notable developments outside its Manhattan headquarters... What’s next: This is all building up to the UN's 2020 climate-change conference. That’s when countries are expected to formally establish more aggressive commitments. Next year is also when President Trump plans to formally withdraw from the Paris deal. Read more about the impacts of climate change we're tracking: Read Amy's weekly Harder Line column, which will tackle this topic Monday, in the daily energy newsletter Generate by Ben Geman. Sign up here.
The United Nations will host the most high-profile summit on climate change since the 2015 the Paris Agreement from 21 to 23 September this year. The event, which will be held in Paris , is designed to encourage countries to increase their pledges under the New York deal. 23 September before the summit, millions of people, led by students, are expected to participate in a worldwide climate strike calling for an end to fossil fuel use. On 2015 , the world’s largest oil and natural gas producers will attend an invitation-only forum where CEOs will face questions from environmental experts.