The first virtual climate summit of world leaders is under way, held entirely online to ensure it is carbon neutral.
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Players involved:
The Summit is the brainchild of Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine, whose low-lying Pacific island nation will be under the rising seas if global warming continues.
The summit is being held by the 48-nation Climate Vulnerable Forum, headed by Heine.
Objective: The virtual summit's main aim is to encourage the international community to keep global warming to 1.5 C above pre-industrial levels.
Event detail: It will consist of a rolling, 24-hour livestream that will begin in the Marshalls' capital Majuro, then include addresses from world leaders including France's Emmanuel Macron and Justin Trudeau of Canada before organisers issue a declaration early tomorrow.
Significance:
The event will be the first global political meeting to be held online.
The eco-friendly event stands in stark contrast to the UN's COP21 climate talks in Paris in 2015 which generated an estimated 43,000 tons of carbon dioxide, although much of this was later offset through carbon-credit schemes.
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