“A major focus of my role is to co-chair a contact group, working inclusively and transparently with representatives from the government of Switzerland to identify a process that allows member states to agree on a new goal for climate finance.”.
The upcoming COP28 should be considered as COP1 of the “new era,” where climate change is no longer a threat for the future, but one that is increasingly impacting the present. Leaders who attend COP28 will have to rise to the occasion with the sense of urgency that the crisis requires today.