Particular Presidential Envoy for Local weather John Kerry will journey to Abuja, Nigeria, September 12-13 and Dakar, Senegal, September 14-15, the place he’ll interact in discussions with authorities counterparts and the non-public sector concerning strengthening local weather motion and the upcoming twenty seventh Convention of the Events to the UNFCCC (COP 27) in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. In Senegal, he will even attend the African Ministerial Convention on the Atmosphere (AMCEN), the place he’ll focus on the significance of adaptation with African Atmosphere Ministers, together with U.S. efforts to assist greater than half a billion folks in growing nations adapt to and handle the impacts of local weather change by means of the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE).
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