Minister addresses South-South Cooperation on Climate Change Forum

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2015-12-07 15:01:42

Ulaanbaatar /MONTSAME/ The Mongolian Minister of Environment, Green Development and Tourism N.Battsereg has participated in the South-South Cooperation on Climate Change Forum, which ran last weekend in Paris within the 21st UN Climate Change Conference.

The Minister said results of the forum would significantly contribute to a realization of the Paris Talks on combating climate change, and emphasized that the global climate change and warming severely affect the developing nations, "their difficulties and challenges are almost the same". Mongolia is one of the prone to the global climate change countries, "so for us it is vital to join the world’s efforts to reduce the greenhouse gas emission,” Mr Battsereg said.

Mongolia is always ready to get involved in the anti-climate change South-South Cooperation and to contribute to a realization of international policy and programmes, he added.

The South-South Cooperation on Climate Change Forum is co-sponsored by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of China, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), and the UN Development Programme (UNDP), with support from the Swiss Agency for Cooperation and Development (SDC), WWF-China, UNEP-Tongji-IESD, the UNFCCC Secretariat, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences.  

 

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