The purpose of the Earth Day Summit is to highlight the urgency of climate action and underscore the economic benefits to be reaped from investing in renewable energy as well as minimising the catastrophic impacts of global warming. The aggressive goal set the tone for a summit that gathers leaders from some 40 nations as the coronavirus pandemic rages on several continents along with economic uncertainty. The Earth Day Summit aims to reassert US leadership on the climate crisis and highlight the economic benefits of tackling global warming. Why was Trump not bothered with climate change ?