Palau President Whipps Meets UAE President Mohamed in the Emirates on November 5: Pacific Islands Forum Delegation Seeks Climate-Finance Cooperation Ahead of COP31
Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr. discussed climate change with officials in the United Arab Emirates on November 5, ahead of the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP31, which begins in Turkey this week.
Whipps, who is serving as the chairperson of the Pacific Islands Forum, was accompanied by Forum Secretary General Baron Divavesi Waqa and Finau Soqo, interim chief executive of the Pacific Resilience Facility, for a meeting with the UAE's President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. Discussions focused on strengthening cooperation, advancing key Pacific regional priorities ahead of the UN conference, and exploring opportunities to deepen collaboration on climate finance.
The meeting highlighted a key Pacific priority: securing contributions to the Pacific Resilience Facility — the first Pacific-led and Pacific-owned regional financing facility dedicated to strengthening the resilience of Pacific communities.
Whipps also met with the UAE's Minister of Climate Change and Environment, Amna bint Abdullah Al Dahak Al Shamsi, to discuss how the UAE's investment capacity and expertise in renewable energy, climate-resilient infrastructure and water security could support practical partnerships with Palau and the wider Pacific. Whipps was in the United Arab Emirates leading the high-level Pacific Islands Forum mission to strengthen cooperation on climate resilience, investment and sustainable development.
Source: Pacific Islands Forum
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：帕劳总统惠普斯。Photo by IISD/ENB - Diego Noguera 摄，CC BY 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: Palau President Surangel Whipps Jr.. Photo by Photo by IISD/ENB - Diego Noguera, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
