health and climate at the center of the summit
Fighting the pandemic and ai climate changes, accelerating the provision of vaccines, and therefore immunization, of More fragile countries, but also the road to zero emissions, to contain the heating within one and a half degrees, as required by the Paris agreements. These are the ambitious issues that will be addressed over the weekend in Rome, with the Prime Minister Mario Draghi which aims to reach a pre-agreement on the climate, to secure the Cop26 in Glasgow.
The Chinese president will not be in attendance Xi Jinping: it will speak remotely, allowing, however, a direct comparison with the country, China, which retains the first place in the ranking of greenhouse gas emissions. The president of the United States Joe Biden will arrive tomorrow and will be received by Pope Francis in the Vatican and Palazzo Chigi by Mario Draghi, who will then also see the Indian premier Narendra Modi. Also on Friday Biden will meet the French president Macron, not seen since the submarine crisis. Also present in Rome the Prince Charles, speaker of the meeting on the role of the private sector in the fight against climate change, the president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and the President of the European Council Carlo Michela.
Ribbon cutting Saturday at 10, in the armored car Fuksas cloud of Eur, which until a few weeks ago housed a vaccination center. Sara flown over by drones and controlled by over 5 thousand men: the “Red zone” all around it will extend for 10 square km, but also the Old Town will be under special surveillance, starting from armored visit to the Baths of Diocletian, until the Quirinale where on Saturday the president Mattarella will host a dinner. Concerns the possibility that some group No vax and No pass wishes to join the two events scheduled for Saturday: a Piazza San Giovanni, from 14 protest sit-in against the Draghi government, and a procession that from piazzale Ostiense will go to Bocca della Verità , and the Fridays For Future students, in addition to the Gkn and Ilva workers: about 5 thousand participants expected.