DUBAI, UAE – Minister of Climate Change and the Environment of UAE Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri participated in the Joint Environment and Climate Ministers’ Meeting as part of the G20 Summit in Indonesia.
Almheiri said about forging regional and global partnerships to tackle environmental and climate challenges proactively and systematically to reverse biodiversity loss, pollution, ecosystem deterioration and land degradation.
She said, “Nature is our greatest ally in the fight against climate and environmental challenges and our responsibility is to protect it and ensure we pass on an inhabitable world to future generations.”
She added, “The window for action to avert worst-case scenarios is narrowing. We need to move from pledges to concrete and ambitious actions. The only way to succeed is by joining forces and working together harmoniously.”
The minister said, “We must adopt an all-inclusive participatory approach to effectively drive the fight against climate change by enabling youth and women to be integral in setting up national policies and action plans.”
She pointed out that the outcomes of the meeting will be further pushed at the G20 Summit in October in Indonesia, and the 27th UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in November in Egypt.
These milestones will shape the processes of COP28 in 2023 which will feature the first global stocktaking of the Paris Agreement.
The minister affirmed the UAE’s dedication to environmental protection and climate action through an all-inclusive approach to enhance ecological prosperity.
She stressed the UAE’s commitment to working with all the countries through the G20 framework to foster equitable and sustainable development worldwide.
The participating countries endorsed the Joint G20 Environment and Climate Ministers Communiqué that outlines core priorities to address pressing challenges.
These include more sustainable recovery, stepping up land and sea based actions to support environment protection and climate objectives and increasing resource mobilization to achieve these goals.
The UAE is one of four guest countries, along with Spain, Netherlands and Singapore, invited by Indonesia to participate in the G20 Summit in October 2022 in Bali.