Korea set to host virtual P4G summit on climate
Posted : 2021-05-30 09:17
Updated : 2021-05-30 09:17
President Moon Jae-in speaks during the inauguration event for the panel on climate change at Dongdaemun Design Plaza in central Seoul, May 29. Yonhap
A major global summit on climate and sustainable growth is scheduled to open on Sunday under the initiative of South Korea.
President Moon Jae-in will host the two-day 2021 P4G Seoul Summit via video links, joined by more than 60 other top government officials and heads of international organizations, according to his office.
They include British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, as well as Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and John Kerry, U.S. special presidential envoy for climate.
Fortify action-oriented approach to attain green growth: PM tells P4G Summit
UNB
30th May, 2021 08:02:42
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday put forward three suggestions before the Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 (P4G), including strengthening campaign about its action-oriented approach by engaging more financiers, innovators, policymakers and creative entrepreneurs in its focus areas.
“P4G needs to campaign more about its action-oriented approach, engaging more financiers, innovators, policymakers and creative entrepreneurs in the five P4G focus areas (food, water, energy, cities and circular economy), and share best practices,” she said in her recorded statement played in the 2021 P4G Seoul Summit.