The Twenty Fifth Conference of Parties of the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) convened in
Madrid, Spain during the period November 27 to December 15, 2019 under the
theme of “The Time to Act- now.” The other Governing Bodies and
Constituted Bodies also met during this period. Trinidad and Tobago was
represented at the meetings by Mr. Ric Ali, Deputy Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Planning and Development, Mr. Kishan Kumarsingh, Head,
Multilateral Environmental Agreements Unit, Ministry of Planning and
Development, Ms. Sindy Singh, Climate Change Specialist, Ministry of Planning
and Development, Ms. Crystal Lawrence, Tobago House of Assembly and Ms. Kristin
Qui.
Some key issues on the Agenda of these meetings
included the review of the Warsaw International Mechanism on Loss and Damage,
Article 6 negotiations for markets and non-market mechanisms, and gender and
climate change. The Conference resulted in the Chile Madrid Time for Action
suite of decisions. Parties were unable to reach consensus on key issues
related to Article 6 and further deliberations are expected at the next
session.
More
information regarding this event will be shared subsequently.
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