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PM attends opening ceremony of 26th UN Climate Change Conference

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the opening ceremony of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland (UK), on November 1 afternoon (local time).
PM attends opening ceremony of 26th UN Climate Change Conference ảnh 1Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) meets US President Joe Biden at the event. (Photo: VNA)
London (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the opening ceremony of the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland (UK), on November 1 afternoon (local time).

As a large-scale and top important international conference on climate change, the event drew leaders and representatives of 197 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including over 120 heads of state and prime ministers, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, and leaders of international organisations and financial institutions, multinational corporations and non-governmental organisations.

PM attends opening ceremony of 26th UN Climate Change Conference ảnh 2UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes PM Pham Minh Chinh (L) at the event. (Photo: VNA)
At the event, leaders expressed their concern over the increasingly serious impacts of climate change on the Earth.

They reaffirmed that the international community needs to take urgent actions right now, make stronger commitments and strive more to cope with the current climate crisis.

Speakers also emphasised the need for developedcountries to fulfill their commitments to mobilise funds in support ofdeveloping nations' adaptation and resilience efforts, saying that COP26 isthe last chance to restore nature and protect the future of humanity.

PM attends opening ceremony of 26th UN Climate Change Conference ảnh 3PM Pham Minh Chinh (centre), British PM Boris Johnson (L), and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the event. (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister of Barbados Mia Amor Mottley highlighted the dire impacts ofclimate change on the survival of countries in the Pacific and Caribbeanregions, and stressed the need to address financing, transformation, andadaptation issues to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement. She said thecurrent situation is a "red alarm" for the G7 and G20 countries.

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi announced that the G20countries will stop providing funds for coal-fueled power projects by the end ofthis year.

Meanwhile, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres recommended thatcountries commit themselves at the highest level and emphasised the need to formfinancial and technological alliances to aid developing nations in greengrowth and protecting vulnerable people against the effects of climatechange.

PM attends opening ceremony of 26th UN Climate Change Conference ảnh 4PM Pham Minh Chinh and British PM Boris Johnson. (Photo: VNA)
Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will deliver an importantspeech at COP26 on the afternoon of the same day to affirm Vietnam's strongdetermination and commitment to joining hands with the international community in response to climate change – one of the current biggest global challenges./.
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