UAE Minister of climate change and environment HE Mariam Almheiri highlights the importance of adaptation and resilience building

UAE Minister of climate change and environment HE Mariam Almheiri highlights the importance of adaptation and resilience building

- Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) outcome at COP28 will be a transformative moment and serve as a roadmap to meet climate objectives.

Dubai: On the second day of the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, Her Excellency Mariam Almheiri, the UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment, emphasized the crucial role of adaptation and resilience-building in tackling the global climate crisis.

During the 'Global Response to Climate Impacts' session, Minister Almheiri discussed the significance of the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA) outcome at COP28 and how it can support national policy measures to enhance adaptive capacity and reduce vulnerability.

HE Mariam Almheiri said: “The UAE believes that the Global Stocktake at COP28 will be a transformational moment. It will be the moment of truth-telling us where we are, where we need to go, and how we'll get there. And we believe that the GST outcome will serve as a tool that gives us a roadmap that will guide us sector by sector, region by region, actor by actor on what interventions we must accelerate to keep the spirit of the Paris Agreement alive.”

HE Almheiri also highlighted the UAE's leadership in driving the Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM for Climate), a joint initiative