Chile and Germany will lead key group at COP 27 that will analyze losses and damages caused by the climate crisis

The Minister of Environment, Maisa Rojas, also stressed that the country will join two multinational coalitions, one to end plastic pollution and another on biodiversity.

The Minister of the Environment, Maisa Rojas, announced on Thursday that the presidency of the COP27 of Egypt chose Chile and Germany to lead the discussion on the losses and damages caused by the climate crisis in the world. From New York, where she has participated in a series of preparatory meetings for that summit, the Secretary of State indicated that “I am very happy to be able to announce that Chile has been invited together with Germany to co-facilitate the discussion around losses and damages.” The Environment Minister’s concern about the success of COP27 after meetings in New York 20 “It is a great honor for me to be able to accept this invitation and help guide this discussion. Loss and damage refers to the impacts that many countries are already experiencing that are causing considerable damage,” he added.

In that line, he explained that “think, for example, just a couple of weeks ago, in Pakistan a third of the country is under water. And losses, refers to already irreversible changes in climate change.” “So it is a very meaningful issue and there are high expectations that it can be addressed in the framework of the talks that take place at the COPs.

I’m very excited to hopefully help in this discussion,” she said. “The United Nations General Assembly also serves as a huge platform for many other environmental discussions. For example, in the morning Chile also joins the High Ambition Coalition for a global treaty to end plastic pollution.”

The Minister of Environment also announced that “this afternoon, Chile also joins the board of directors of the coalition for the planet, nature and people, within the framework of the Convention on Biodiversity.”

Source: Emol