COP25: High-level Segment Kicks off with Participation of Morocco

Madrid – The high-level segment at the 25th UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) opened Tuesday in Madrid with the participation of Morocco.

The Kingdom is represented at this meeting by Minister of Energy, Mining and Environment, Aziz Rebbah.

National statements from Heads of State and Government, statements on behalf of groups, ministers and heads of delegations will be heard following the opening of the high-level segment.

The list of speakers for the high-level segment includes Heads of State and Heads of Government, ministers and other heads of delegations.

The UN Climate Change conference is designed to take the next crucial steps in the UN climate change process. Following agreement on the implementation guidelines of the Paris Agreement at COP 24 in Poland last year, a key objective is to complete several matters with respect to the full operationalization of the Paris Climate Change Agreement.

The conference furthermore serves to build ambition ahead of 2020, the year in which countries have committed to submit new and updated national climate action plans. Crucial climate action work will be taken forward in areas including finance, the transparency of climate action, forests and agriculture, technology, capacity building, loss and damage, indigenous peoples, cities, oceans and gender.

The COP 25 (2 – 13 December 2019) takes place under the Presidency of the Government of Chile and is held with logistical support from the Government of Spain.