The Placencia Ambition Forum 2020, hosted by the Government of Belize as the Chair of AOSIS (Alliance of Small Island States), brought together major actors in the climate change negotiations around a central theme of increasing ambition, and a focus on safeguarding the Paris Agreement.

Sonam P Wangdi, Chair of the Least Developed Countries Group on Climate Change delivered the following statement at the virtual High-level Closing Plenary on Earth Day: