Climate Summit and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper: More than 125 world leaders at the summit on Tuesday, the largest number of heads of government to ever attend a climate summit. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who will be in New York, will not attend. Canada will be represented by Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq. , according to Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, CBC. "That meeting will play a critical role in the Paris agreement," said Tim Gray, executive director of the group Environmental Defence. Thousands of demonstrators marched in nations around the world on Sunday ahead of this week UN Climate Summit, a meeting environmental groups think could help move the world towards a new global agreement to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. Global investors push for carbon pricing ahead of UN climate summit Greenhouse gases grew at alarming rate in 2013, UN says UN Climate Summit: Vancouver joins thousands in worldwide rallies The summit has been convened by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon as way to generate momentum for next year climate conference in Paris. The hope is that Tuesday summit will see leaders outline their plan of action for next year that could result in a new climate deal. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.