Austrian World Summit

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Monika Langthaler and Arnold Schwarzenegger at the Austrian World Summit in 2019

The Austrian World Summit is a climate conference which takes places annually in Vienna since 2017. It aims to bring together stakeholders from politics, civil society and business to create a broad alliance for climate protection. It is organised by R20 Regions of Climate Action at the Hofburg palace. Arnold Schwarzenegger was the initiator of the conference and he organises it together with .[1]

Concept[]

The conference wants to contribute to achieving a full implementation of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals as well as networking of politics, business and finances with the United Nations, NGOs, regions and cities. The summit takes place under the patronage of Austrian president Alexander Van der Bellen. Among the speakers and participants of the conference so far were António Guterres, Greta Thunberg, Patricia Espinosa Cantellano, Li Yong, Maria Neira, Kristalina Georgieva and Scott Joseph Kelly.

A speech by Autrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz in 2018 was criticized by the activist group System Change, not Climate Change due to the Austrian government's lack of climate policies. The group staged a protest at the summit and took over the microphone during Kurz's speech.[2]

Since 2019, the summit is accompanied by a festival for the public, a Climate Kirtag, which is supposed to raise awareness for climate issues among the public in Vienna. The first edition featured concerts by Hubert von Goisern and Conchita Wurst.[3]

Legacy[]

In 2019, the conference won the for extraordinary contributions to European culture.[4]

In 2020, the Austrian World Summit took place in September with 340 participants. It was the biggest climate conference to take place that year because of the cancellation of all major climate conferences due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ a b Andreas Puschautz (2020-09-08). "Arnies Austrian World Summit wird zur weltgrößten Klimakonferenz". Kurier (in German). Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  2. ^ Bernhard Gaul (2018-05-15). "Klimakonferenz: Aktivisten stören Rede von Sebastian Kurz". Kurier (in German). Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  3. ^ "Schwarzenegger lädt zum "Klima-Kirtag"". Die Presse (in German). 2019-05-22. Retrieved 2020-11-14.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2020-11-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

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