Georgian PM set to address world leaders at COP28
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili will feature at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference. Photo: Government press office
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili is set to address world leaders at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference hosted in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, the Government press office said on Thursday.
At the event contributing to discussions on key climate issues, the PM will also attend a special session dedicated to the National Day of the host country.
COP28 will run through December 12 and bring together delegates from more than 160 states, leaders of business and finance, and representatives of the civil sector.
The Georgian capital city of Tbilisi on Thursday hosted the Conference on Georgia’s Road to the European Union, organised by the Parliament of Georgia and the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum’s Georgian National Platform.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday told the United Nations Climate Change Conference 85 percent of electricity generation in Georgia came from renewable sources and added further enhancing the share of renewable energy was a “strategic priority” for the country.
Dear president, Excellences, dear friends, I am honoured to address you on behalf of my country, Georgia, and thank the president of the Arab Republic of Egypt for the leadership as our host and for the tireless efforts in the preparation of this very important event.
Georgian foreign minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday said prime minister Irakli Garibashvili would have the opportunity to discuss “all challenges” facing the world through climate change with other world leaders at the ongoing United Nations 27th climate change conference in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Paata Kalandadze, Georgia’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, on Thursday said Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has been scheduled to get involved in “all scheduled format meetings” of the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai.
Paweł Herczyński, the Ambassador of the European Union to Georgia, on Thursday said the bloc and the country were “responding together” to consequences of climate change.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday joined world leaders at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference hosted in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.
Ilia Darchiashvili, the Georgian Foreign Minister, on Friday said Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s address to the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference in Dubai would be focused on “pertinent issues” related to climate change.