Ramaphosa, Biden to speak at climate change summit
President Cyril Ramaphosa will address a climate change summit on Thursday afternoon.
President Ramaphosa was invited to speak at the two-day virtual summit by US President Joe Biden.
The summit will be the first high-level meeting to be convened by the United States since it re-joined the Paris Agreement under Bide..
"South Africa views the Summit as an opportunity for all countries to exercise leadership in climate change mitigation and just transitions in accordance with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its Paris Agreement," said Presidency spokesperson Tyrone Seale.
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"It was further agreed that means of implementation support, in the form of climate finance, technology transfer and capacity building, would be provided to, and mobilised for, developing countries," adds Seale.
"Support by developed economies for climate change mitigation and adaptation is a critical enabler of enhanced action and ambition by countries that do not have the capacity to address such daunting challenges on their own."
The president is expected to speak at around 15:30.
