Climate change to be discussed at World Government Summit in Dubai

DUBAI: Climate change and its impact on the efforts made by the world governments to achieve their sustainable development goals will be among the key topics to be discussed at the World Government Summit 2019.

The Climate Change Forum is part of the WGS and is taking place from February 10-12.

Aiming to identify solutions to counter the challenges posed by climate change, the summit will bring together decision makers, international organisations, senior government officials, business and thought leaders and media personalities from across the world.

The participants will work towards identifying creative solutions to combat the human and environmental impact of climate change and also discuss ways of ensuring compliance with the Paris Climate Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

“Discussing critical issues that face humanity such as climate change at WGS reflects the UAE’S stance on the importance of a collective dialogue on the topic as well as supporting international efforts and encouraging new radical solutions to tackle climate change,” Thani al-zeyoudi, UAE’S minister for climate change and environment, said.

Earlier this year, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres announced that the UAE will host the preparatory conference of the UN 2019 Climate Summit in Abu Dhabi in June this year.

The preparatory meeting for the Climate Summit aims to prepare an agenda, recommendations and draft resolutions to be adopted during the UN Climate Summit in September.

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