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Increasing the eligibility and accessibility of Caribbean states to concessional and grant-based climate financing will be high on the list of topics the Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) will be placing at the forefront of discussions at the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 28).
COP28, which will be held from November 30 to December 12 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, will see world leaders and climate activists gather to discuss and take action towards achieving the world’s collective climate goals as agreed under the Paris Agreement and Convention.
According to Jwala Rambarran, senior policy advisor at CPDC and who will attend COP 28 on the organisation’s behalf, COP 28 provides an excellent platform to highlight critical climate and debt issues facing the Caribbean, and to push for collaborations with other key international stakeholders.
“CPDC sees COP28 as an ideal opportunity to continue working collaboratively with international civil society organisations and other partners such as Debt Justice UK, Eurodad, and the Climate Emergency Collaboration Group to build a global campaign for debt and climate justice for Caribbean SIDS and other Global South developing countries,” he said.