What to expect from the UN Climate Summit

World leaders, mayors, aid officials and representatives from civil society and the private sector will converge on Tuesday in New York for the U.N. Climate Summit. A few experts consulted by Devex believe not much will be accomplished at a meeting held outside of official UNFCC channels.

By Mythili Sampathkumar // 23 September 2014

As world leaders, mayors, aid officials and representatives from civil society and the private sector gather on Tuesday in New York for U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s climate summit, the message is clear: We need to act now to truly win the battle against global warming.

Devex caught up with a few experts to find out what they expect to come out of the summit, which lies outside the official framework negotiations on climate change led by the UNFCCC.

“Tackling climate change doesn’t need new money ... there’s trillions of dollars being invested in technologies and energy, they’ve just been invested in the wrong kind of technology,” noted Dr. Saleem Huq, a senior fellow in the London-based International Institute for Environment and Development’s Climate Change Group.

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Mythili Sampathkumar
Mythili Sampathkumar is a New York-based journalist covering development, the U.N., foreign policy, and U.S. politics. Her work has appeared in outlets like The Independent, LA Times, NBC News, Foreign Policy, Vox, and PRI.