It’s the World Climate Summit, ambition meets action

Finance and solutions come together to make it happen

Accelerating the global net zero transition

By 2030, it’s a Celebration of Ambition

Ambitious targets, ambitious against carbon

Ambitious to mobilize markets against emissions

So raise your hand if you’re on a mission

To get to net zero, hands up for ambition!

Welcome to the Investment COP

Investing in the future to get the emissions to stop

Investment, it’s solving the world’s greatest enigma

Big up Her Royal Highness, Abzi Djigma

Never say “this is too hard” – no, that is just a stigma

Every deal that digs up fossil fuel is getting ripped up

Princess Abzi Djigma said that everybody knows

We have one chance now to save our globe

So turn to a colleague and tell them “you are wonderful”

Look them deep in the eyes and feel that oxytocin flow

Oh, that’s an intense feeling, climate action is in the building

We gotta feel something to act, take it from Jens Neilson

Climate action is a mess, it’s frustrating and conflicted

And politically difficult, full of competing interests

And absolutely critical, it’s a moral obligation

To lean into this unprecedented global transformation

This is the greatest economic revolution of our time

If we don’t get it right, then all of life is on the line

So no pressure, each look to your own emissions

At the World Climate Summit, this is the twelve edition

And whatever we do, it cannot be at a lazy pace

It has to address loss and damage from climate change

Loss and damage finance, time to raise the stakes

Take it from an inspiring young woman, Ineza Grace

Ineza was like, “We are seeing concrete action…

Wait, I take it back, I mean hopeful action.

We need to make concrete happen!”

And keep our climate promises, integrity wins

When a promise made is a promised kept, ask Cassie Flynn

Commitments, don’t be shy about big announcements

But once you make them, you better get ready for the accountants

And make sure your disclosures are correct and never phony

Or you might get investigated by Silvia Pavoni

It’s the World Climate Summit, where ambition meets action

Finance and solutions come together to make it happen

Accelerating the global net zero transition

By 2030, what is this?

A Celebration of Ambition

Ambitious targets, ambitious against carbon

Ambitious to mobilize markets against emissions

So raise your hand if you’re on a mission

To get to net zero, a celebration of ambition!

That’s the central, that’s the most-needed point

Ambition, plus thanks for the introduction, Peter Boyd

Climate action coalitions are what we all need to join

But introducing a climate rapper is never easy-going

Sometimes this climate thing needs some hip-hop slang

To drop a hip-hop name, like John Kornerup Bang

“What we need is less?” that is not the main question

John said it: “Real action is about what we decide to invest in”

Stora Enso is not famous like Coca Cola, but that’s okay

I feel you John, I’m not famous like Kanye

Every company can wash the greenwash away

And not blaming policymakers, that’s no excuse to wait

This is business, business is known for ambition

Volkswagen is getting committed with Ralf Pfitzner

Proof points, that’s what business is well-poised to deliver

Proof points are essential to drive this transmission

We need to lean into the transformation

And pay attention to all the broader impacts, ask Terry Heyman

The World Gold Council is committed

Climate action is about to be “the new gold standard”

Whatever a transition to low emissions looks like

It cannot be one that sacrifices quality of life

For the Global South, and those emerging from poverty

This day is about integrating action with economies

Ralf wants to see loss and damage financing

That is the definition of a ‘credible standard’

John sees a functioning carbon market as critical

That’ll give businesses a stable price signal

Terry wants to make sure this African COP

Embodies achieves a just transition for all, full stop

And Cassie’s about keeping 1.5 alive

So what is the message that you are here to drive?

I don’t know, but for me…

It’s the World Climate Summit, where ambition meets action

Finance and solutions come together to make it happen

Accelerating the global net zero transition

By 2030, it’s a Celebration of Ambition

Ambitious targets, ambitious against carbon

Ambitious to mobilize markets against emissions

So raise your hand if you’re on a mission

To get to net zero, hands up for ambition!