Incoming COP25 President, Chile, has invited Fiji’s Prime Minister, Voreqe Bainimarama to join them and to help make their climate talks a success.
This comes after Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama held bilateral talks with incoming Chilean COP25 President Carolina Schmidt in New York at the margins of a High Level Climate Summit preparatory meeting.
Bainimarama welcomed the invitation by Chilean COP25 President and Environment Minister, Carolina Schmidt and assured her that he shares her commitment in making COP25 a success and Fiji stands ready to assist in any way we can.
Schmidt thanked Fiji for its successful Presidency of COP23 and for the important role Fiji played in pressing for deeper emissions and finance ambition through the Talanoa Dialogue process.
Schmidt adds that she sees Fiji as playing an important role in urging all countries to step up practical action towards the successful implementation of the Paris Agreement.
The two leaders also spoke about raising the profile of oceans in the climate change negotiations space and have agreed to focus strong attention in bringing the issue of oceans in to the climate action agenda.
This year’s annual COP25 climate change talks will take place from December 2 – 13, 2019 in Santiago, Chile. It will follow after the UN Secretary General’s Climate Summit in September with a focus on ratcheting up urgent ambition.
