Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante to give speech at UN Climate Summit

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante will be speaking at the United Nations (UN) on Sept. 23 at the opening of the UN Climate Summit.

According to the mayor’s office, Plante “will be the only representative at the city level at this prestigious forum” and “will address the world’s political leaders and others involved in climate action to remind them of the urgent need to act in the fight against climate change.”

READ MORE: ‘Best way to fight climate change is to go to school,’ Quebec education minister tells students taking part in climate march

Four days later, on Sept. 27, the mayor will receive environmental activist Greta Thunberg at Montreal City Hall after a climate march.

The opening panel at Climate Week in New York City, in which Plante will participate, is themed “Plans for a Carbon-Neutral World.”

WATCH: ‘I want you to listen to the scientists’ — Teen activist Greta Thunberg on climate change

0:56 ‘I want you to listen to the scientists’: Teen activist Greta Thunberg on climate change

The mayor’s office said she will then “address the assembly, including the German chancellor, the prime minister of New Zealand, the prime minister of India and the secretary-general of the United Nations.”

READ MORE: Quebec premier won’t seek meeting with climate activist Greta Thunberg

Following the Global Climate Action Summit last September in San Francisco, the Plante administration implemented a strategy to encourage the carbon neutrality of all buildings in Montreal by 2050.