UAE committed to boosting collaboration between MENA countries to enhance climate ambitions: Minister of Climate Change

UAE committed to boosting collaboration between MENA countries to enhance climate ambitions: Minister of Climate Change

DUBAI, 9th October, 2023 (WAM) -- Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, affirmed that the UAE is committed to boosting collaboration between countries of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to enhance its climate ambitions to reduce carbon emissions, boost their climate adaptation, and re-allocate climate financing and investments to support this goal and drive sustainable development.

She made this statement during her participation, as part of a delegation from the Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment, in the Middle East and North Africa Climate Week (MENACW 2023), held from 8th to 12th October in Riyadh.

The event is hosted by the Government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and organised by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).

As the week kicked off, Almheiri took part in a high-level GCC Ministerial Meeting, featuring HRH Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman, Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy; Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and COP28 President-Designate; Jassem Al Budaiwi, Secretary-General of the GCC; Salim Al Aufi, Oman’s Minister of Energy and Minerals; Sameh Shoukry, Egypt’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and COP27 President-Designate.

During her speech, Almheiri said that the MENA Climate Week