The president’s special envoy for climate change, Sabra Noordeen, accompanied by the High Commissioner to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Omar Abdul Razzak, held a meeting with some of the members from the diplomatic community based in Colombo, who are accredited to the Maldives.
The importance of a concerted global effort to increase ambition on reducing emissions was discussed during the meeting. Furthermore, containing the global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees, opportunities of cooperation from the countries and investing on mitigation and greater access to means and knowledge for adapting to the climate change happening in the world was also brought to light.
The participants in the meeting include the Charge De Affairs of Nepal and Ambassadors for the Netherlands, Afghanistan, Vietnam, United States, Korea, Germany, France, Switzerland and the delegation of the European Union to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. Sabra also met with the Srilankan Ministry of Environment’s Secretary, Dr Anil Jasinghe.