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Wallhouse, Dominica, 2017, a few days after Category 5 Hurricane Maria struck the island. At the Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week the Dominican Republic called for a consolidated regional vision in the face of climate change that would bring a strong regional position to COP26. Credit: Alison Kentish/IPS
UNITED NATIONS, May 13 2021 (IPS) - The Dominican Republic opened the 2021 virtual Latin America and the Caribbean Climate Week with a pledge to increase the country’s climate ambition by reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 27 percent and maintaining progress towards climate neutrality according to the goals of the Paris Agreement.
“For us, climate action is not just about mitigation. We need to prepare for what is coming. We especially welcome this Latin America and Caribbean Climate Week. Let’s consolidate a regional vision in the face of climate change and bring a strong regional position to COP26,” said Dominican Republic’s Environment and Natural Re
Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 5:16 pm
UN Climate Change News, 11 May 2021 –
The virtual thematic sessions of Latin America and Caribbean
Climate Week 2021 (11 to 14 May), hosted by the Government
of the Dominican Republic, kicked off today with calls to
urgently ramp up regional climate action.
The sessions
are designed to boost the region’s response to climate
change and build momentum for the crucial UN Climate Change
Conference COP26 in November in Glasgow.
At the
opening of the sessions, the Minister of the Environment and
Natural Resources of the Dominican Republic, Orlando Jorge
Mera, said: Ahead of COP26 we are going to increase the