AG highlights that the climate action agenda needs more partners

The Fijian Presidency of COP 23 and its hosting in Germany is not only symbolic of the building of a real bridge between the Group of Twenty and the Vulnerable Twenty Group, but is a very practical example of how the two groupings can collaborate with each other to tackle climate change.

This was highlighted by the Attorney‑General and Minister for Climate Change, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum while addressing the High‑Level representatives at the inaugural G20 and V20 dialogue following the World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings in Washington.

The Attorney General highlighted that through the COP Presidency, Fiji not only wants to further its legal commitments under the Paris Agreement but wants to highlight that the climate action agenda needs more and all partners.

Sayed -Khaiyum says partners that can help to get broader understanding that actions to tackle the phenomenon also presents long-life and sustain-ability of both human and bio-diversity lives, improved livelihoods, greater commercial and financial opportunities and advancement of technology and science.

Sayed-Khaiyum reiterated need to re‑look at climate finance architecture and re‑evaluate the difficulty and often impractical conditions of accessing climate finance.

The dialogue session was chaired by Christiana Figueres, the  former Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the current convener of Mission 2020.