Gates, Bloomberg to appear at climate summit

US President Joe Biden is seen on a screen from the European Council offices in Brussels on day one of his virtual climate summit (Johanna Geron/Pool/AP)

The White House will bring out the billionaires, the CEOs and the union executives on Friday to help sell Joe Biden’s climate-friendly transformation of the US economy at a virtual summit of world leaders.

The closing day of the two-day summit on climate change is to feature Bill Gates and Mike Bloomberg, electrical and steelworker union leaders and executives for solar and other renewable energy.