COP28 President-Designate to co-chair Copenhagen climate ministerial meeting

Dr. Sultan Al Jaber, COP28 President-Designate

The meeting is the first high-level political meeting following COP27 and aims to lay the path to a successful COP28 and deliver on the Paris agreement targets and the COP27 conclusions.

Hosted by the Danish government, the meeting will be attended by climate ministers and senior government representatives from developed and developing countries including France, Japan, the Maldives, Samoa, the UK and USA. The Executive Secretary of the UNFCCC, Simon Stiell and Selwin Hart, Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Climate Action and Just Transition will also attend.

At the event, Dr. Al Jaber will deliver the event’s opening remarks, and chair and facilitate a series of plenaries. He will seek to drive unity of purpose in fighting climate change and encourage climate ministers to commit to further action throughout 2023 across adaptation, mitigation, energy transition, international climate finance and loss and damage.

Dr. Jaber will also hold a series of one-to-one meetings to seek to advance his agenda to secure commitment to an inclusive COP of Action. His meetings include one-to-one discussions with Dan Jørgensen, Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Denmark, and the Ministerial host; Grace Fu, Minister of Sustainability and the Environment, Singapore; Jennifer Morgan State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Germany; and Shahab Uddin, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bangladesh.

Dr. Al-Jaber, COP28 President-Designate, said: "COP28 UAE will be a milestone moment for the world. With the Global Stocktake on the horizon, it is clear that we need to be united in raising ambition and accelerating action. All countries must have the means and resources to adapt to climate impacts, and to support their mitigation ambition, while ensuring a transition that is just. Accessible and appropriate financing for adaptation, and loss and damage, as well as technologies for clean energy, will be vital in that regard.”

Copenhagen is the latest destination in Dr. Al Jaber's global listening tour – a series of international visits to meet with, and hear the views of, a range of partners across government, civil society, youth, the private sector and representatives of international organizations and NGOs. To date, Dr. Al Jaber has visited India, the UK, Germany, France and the US. Additional meetings are scheduled for both developed and developing countries.