US President Invites Indian PM To The 2-Day Virtual Summit On Climate Change.

US President Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders, including PM Modi, to the Leaders' Summit on Climate to underscore the urgency and the economic benefits of stronger climate action, the White House said.

The two-day summit will be held virtually on April 22-23 and will be telecasted live for public viewing.

Besides Modi, other leaders invited for the summit include Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Saudi Arabia King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Bhutanese Prime Minister Lotay Tshering are the other two leaders from South Asia.

The White House said a key objective of both the Leaders' Summit and the COP26 would be to catalyse efforts to keep limiting warming 1.5 degree Celsius'' goal within reach.

The summit will also highlight-how enhanced climate ambition will create good-paying jobs, advance innovative technologies and help vulnerable countries adapt to climate impacts, it added.

By the time of the summit, the US will announce an ambitious 2030 emissions target as its new Nationally Determined Contribution under the Paris Agreement, the White House said.