Africa: COP28 UAE and UNFCCC Call on G20 Nations to Lead in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

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Africa: COP28 UAE and UNFCCC Call on G20 Nations to Lead in Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

Press Release - Dr. Sultan Al-Jaber, COP28 President-Designate and Simon Stiell, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), have called upon G20 nations to take a greater leadership role in climate change mitigation and adaptation. With only 125 days to go, the leaders today issued a joint statement on the sidelines of the G20 ministerial meeting in Chennai, calling on G20 nations to “lead the way” on delivering a positive outcome on mitigation at the COP28 clima

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