Speaker 1 opened by recalling the Paris talks a decade earlier, saying, "10 years ago in Paris, we were designing the future." Speaker 2 followed with a status update on energy and emissions, saying the global emissions curve "has been bent downwards" because of prior agreements and government action, but adding, "I'm not sugarcoating it. We have so much more work to do."

Speaker 2 said renewables have become the world's top energy source this year, stating, "Renewables overtook coal this year as the world's top energy source." He added that investments in clean energy and infrastructure are poised to hit a record high, with renewables "outstripping fossil fuels 2 to 1."

Framing those changes as the result of past international cooperation, Speaker 2 said the world will transition away from fossil fuels and urged a focus on how to accomplish that "fairly and orderly," including striking deals to "accelerate the tripling of renewables and doubling energy efficiency."

No formal motions, votes, or policy actions were recorded in the transcript. The remarks functioned as a status update and a call to accelerate policy and investment to meet the stated goals.