{"id":403046,"date":"2025-09-18T16:50:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=403046"},"modified":"2025-09-18T16:50:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T14:50:13","slug":"world-leaders-gather-to-discuss-renewables","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=403046","title":{"rendered":"\u201cWorld Leaders\u201d Gather To Discuss\u00a0Renewables!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Paul Homewood<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This really does show just how far down the world\u2019s agenda Net Zero and decarbonisation have fallen.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

When the only world leaders you can get are the President of Kenya and the Prime Minister of the Bahamas, you know you are in big trouble!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, President of Kenya William Ruto, and Prime Minister of the the Commonwealth of the Bahamas Philip Davis will headline the second edition of the Global Renewables Summit (GRS25), taking place on 22\u201323 September in New York alongside the UN General Assembly and Climate Week NYC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":403053,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"Explore the Global Renewables Summit 2025, where world leaders discuss the urgent need for renewable energy and sustainable solutions.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Global Renewables Summit: A Diminished Commitment to Net Zero","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691838107,691838109,691838108,691838110],"class_list":{"0":"post-403046","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-global-renewables-summit-2025","9":"tag-president-of-kenya-william-ruto","10":"tag-president-of-the-european-commission-ursula-von-der-leyen","11":"tag-prime-minister-of-the-bahamas-philip-davis","13":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AQNHl9AKaUujnp_oKefu2SSDZXqj5kkKnpsg2QUx1mG9gJiWTdguYjXMjVIa4vDgyWpjb0eadWQTVMvjaIrrOSiDo6A8U0tP3foiGqRpDmQ-EIlH29q2AYMajvpHZF9wJy_ZLSIM_tJ0TKAcwD65T_m0BEvRig-3.jpeg?fit=1280%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1GQK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":404868,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=404868","url_meta":{"origin":403046,"position":0},"title":"The Decline of Climate Week NYC Shows the Net Zero Dream is Dying","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"25\/09\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Yet the guest list tells a different story: only three heads of state of relatively minor countries \u2014 Kenya\u2019s President William Ruto, the Bahamas\u2019 Prime Minister Philip Davis and Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Prime Minister Gaston Browne \u2014 are confirmed. 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