Leaders were selected to speak if they had proposals for updating the pre-2030 climate plan for their country; had updated targets for transitioning to net-zero energy emissions that committed to no new gas, oil or coal; had plans for the phasing out of fossil fuels; and had new climate adaptation or funding pledges.

So China wasn't invited to speak because they're on target and haven't changed their goals. Great title

Stupidest thing I've heard all day and it's the first thing I've read today. First you have the world's #1 consumer and the guys who literally run the world with their military and economic empire; the guys who sent all the manufacturing to China in the first place. And then you've got the world's biggest economy, the place where all the shit is actually made, and the country that's already doing the most in the world to switch to clean energy.

This summit without those two examples is nothing but a joke.

I think US and China are both trying to convert to green energy even though the US has a bunch of oil and coal lobbying.