From Vatican City, Cardinal Peter Kodwo Turkson, Chancellor for the Pontifical Academy of Sciences and the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences of the Holy See, is also rubbing elbows with the international elite in Davos.
The listed American delegates are:
- Gina Raimondo, Secretary of Commerce
- John F. Kerry, Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
- Bill Keating, Democrat Congressman from Massachusetts
- Daniel Meuser, Republican Congressman from Pennsylvania
- Madeleine Dean, Democrat Congresswoman from Pennsylvania
- Ted Lieu, Democrat Congressman from California
- Ann Wagner, Republican Congresswoman from Missouri
- Christopher A. Coons, Democrat Senator from Delaware
- Darrell Issa, Republican Congressman from California
- Dean Phillips, Democrat Congressman from Minnesota
- Debra Fischer, Republican Senator from Nebraska
- Eric Holcomb, Republic Governor of Indiana
- Gregory W. Meeks, Democrat Congressman from New York
- John W. Hickenlooper, Democrat Senator from Colorado
- Larry Hogan, Republican Governor of Maryland
- Michael McCaul, Republican Congressman from Texas
- Pat Toomey, Republican Senator from Pennsylvania
- Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat Senator from Vermont
- Robert Menedez, Democrat Senator from New Jersey
- Roger F. Wicker, Republican Senator from Mississippi
- Seth Moulton, Democrat Congressman from Massachusetts
- Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat Senator from Rhode Island
- Ted Deutch, Democrat Congressman from Florida
- Francis Suarez, Republican Mayor of Miami
- Al Gore, former Democrat VP of the United States
For comparison, the number of political delegates from the United States outnumber all other “leading nations” by a wide margin, with countries like the United Kingdom and Canada having only sent three and one delegates, respectively.
However, when scaling for population, smaller but geopolitically relevant countries such as Ukraine and the United Arab Emirates have sent nine and eight delegates, respectively, making them some of the most highly represented nations at the clandestine meeting.