President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo last Sunday led a delegation to the World Leaders’ Summit of the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in Glasgow, Scotland.
The COP26 Summit, which started from 31st October to 3rd November 2021, is one of the largest gatherings of world leaders to accelerate actionable goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
President will deliver a statement on Ghana’s position on Climate Change and measures put in place to combat the threat it poses. He will also deliver three separate statements on Ghana’s efforts to protect her forests and ocean and participate in the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Summit, being held on the sidelines of COP 26.
Whilst in Glasgow, President Akufo-Addo will hold bilateral meetings with Kenya’s President. Uhuru Kenyatta; Norway’s Prime Minister, Mr Jonas Gahr Støre; Hon. Robert Abela, Prime Minister of Malta; Rt. Hon. Elizabeth Truss, MP, British Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs; and Mr Raphael Mariano Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
President Akufo-Addo was accompanied by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey; the Minister for Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh; the Minister for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr Kwaku Afriyie; the Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapor; and officials of the Presidency and Foreign Ministry.
The President is expected back home on Thursday, 4th November 2021.
Rex Mainoo Yeboah, ISD
