By Kate Abnett SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - The Czech Republic is considering throwing its hat in the ring to host the U.N.'s COP29 climate summ.
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt: The Czech Republic is considering throwing its hat in the ring to host the U.N. s COP29 climate summit in 2024, which would pu.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - The Czech Republic is considering throwing its hat in the ring to host the U.N.'s COP29 climate summit in 2024, which would put it in contention with a handful of other countries for the massive international conference, its deputy environment minister told Reuters on Monday.
The bi-annual Ministerial Meeting of the Arctic Council in Reykjavik, Iceland, on May 20
th attracted a lot of media interest – not least because the new US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was attending, alongside Russian foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
This is one arena where the two rivals and Cold War adversaries come together as partners, cooperating to ensure stability and well-being in an area shared by nations and Indigenous peoples. As the Arctic Council celebrates its 25
th anniversary, this was its first in-person meeting since the onset of COVID. Russia takes over the rotating chairmanship from Iceland for the next two years, at a crucial time, with climate change dominating the Arctic and international agenda.