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UN chief to open climate action 2016 summit in U.S. capital

Xinhua, May 5, 2016 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday left New York for Washington, D.C., where he will co-host the climate action 2016 summit together with the World Bank and other partners Thursday morning.

Following the opening session of the summit, the secretary-general will speak to the media with Jim Yong Kim, the president of the World Bank group, Segolene Royal, the minister of the environment, energy and marine affairs of France, and Stephen Catlin, executive deputy chairman of the XL Group, said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric at a daily news briefing here.

"The summit brings together representatives from governments, businesses, philanthropy, civil society and academia, to take the climate action agenda forward," he said.

Later on Thursday, Ban is expected to visit a middle school in Brookland with DC Mayor Muriel Elizabeth Bowser, where the UN chief will inspect green projects the school is implementing. Endit