Iraqi President attends COP28 climate summit in Dubai
The Iraqi President, Abdul Latif Rashid, upon arrival in Dubai, the UAE, to take part in the UN’s COP28 climate summit. Photo: Iraqi Presidency
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – Iraqi President, Abdul Latif Rashid, arrived on Thursday in the United Arab Emirates to participate in the United Nations Climate Summit (COP28) taking place in Dubai.
Rashid will attend the leaders’ summit that will be held on Friday, where he will deliver Iraq’s speech during the summit, according to a statement released by the Iraqi Presidency.
The Iraqi President is accompanied by a high-level government delegation, including the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Fuad Hussein, the Minister of Environment, Nizar Amedi, and experts and advisors.
At the 28th annual United Nations (UN) climate conference, known as COP28, countries will talk about procedures to limit the effects of climate change.
The summit is taking place from November 30 until December 12, 2023.
COP28 aims to keep long-term global temperature increases to 1.5 degrees Celsius, as agreed upon by around 200 countries in 2015.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the UN’s climate agency, states that the 1.5C target is essential to preventing the worst effects of climate change.
Iraq is one of the five countries most vulnerable to desertification and climate change in the world, especially with long heat waves, low rainfall, a lack of fertile lands, soil salinity, transboundary water retreat, and the spread of dust storms, according to reports issued by the United Nations.