US President Joe Biden, as part of his visit to North Africa and Asia, will attend the UN Climate Change Conference COP27 in Egypt and other summits in Cambodia and Indonesia in November.
On 11 November, Biden will attend CoP27 in Egypt. He will attend the US-ASEAN and East Asia summits in Cambodia from 12-13 November and will travel to Indonesia to attend the G20 summit from 13-16 November. “President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. will visit Egypt, Cambodia, and Indonesia. “On November 11th, President Biden will attend the 27th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt,” a White House release said.
At COP27, he will build on the significant work that the United States has undertaken to advance the fight against global climate change and help the most vulnerable build resilience to climate impacts, and he will highlight the need for the world to act in this decisive decade. In Cambodia, he will reaffirm the United States’ “enduring commitment” to Southeast Asia and ASEAN centrality, building on the success of the historic US-SEAN Special Summit in Washington, DC. He will underscore the importance of U.S.-ASEAN cooperation in ensuring security and prosperity in the region, and the well-being of its combined one billion people.
The President will commend President Joko Widodo’s leadership of the G20 and highlight the US commitment to this premier forum for economic cooperation with countries representing more than 80% of the world’s GDP. The President will work with G20 partners to address key challenges such as climate change, the global impact of the war on Ukraine, including energy and food security and affordability, and a range of other priorities important to the global economic recovery, the White House said.Following Biden’s travels in Asia and North Africa, Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Bangkok, Thailand to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) .