World Leaders Gather in Scotland for the COP 26 Climate Summit

President Biden is in Scotland with a group of more than 120 leaders from around the world to begin the COP26 climate summit. The climate conference comes after most attended the G20 leaders summit in Rome. President Biden, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are among leaders who are scheduled to speak today. U.S. Special Climate Envoy John Kerry said officials would be unveiling more details on the U.S. and E.U.’s global methane pledge…an international pledge to cut methane emissions by 30% by 2030 and private financing commitments from major banks in the United States. Kerry said his team had been ‘busy making the private sector our partners in this endeavor’ and said the six largest American banks are promising to invest in a minimum of nearly $4.2 trillion towards climate projects over the next decade. China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin are not attending the conference.