Fiji has received widespread recognition for the work done in COP23

Fiji has received widespread recognition for the work it has done in its presidency of the Conference of Parties 23 especially for introducing the Talanoa Dialogue mechanism in climate negotiations.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has thanked Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama for everything he has done for the climate agreement.

While speaking at the Petersberg Dialogue, Merkel says last year, Fiji took the COP 23 Presidency and from this Presidency the Talanoa Dialogue was created adding this dialogue stands for a process that is very common in the whole Pacific region, about finding common ground rather than opposition.

She says this makes it easier to build mutual trust and it allows them to work ambitiously to implement the Paris Agreement and apply different methodology adding Europeans like to be in opposition and take firm stance so it is helpful to them to adopt this new approach.

Poland’s Deputy Minister of State and COP24 president‑designate Michal Kurtyka praised the Fijian presidency for bringing talanoa into the UN climate negotiations “where there is no finger pointing but frank discussions”

United Kingdoms, Head of International Climate Change Negotiations, EU and Carbon Markets, Archibald Young said Fiji should be proud for bringing the Talanoa Dialogue into negotiations and urged that the momentum created to be maintained.