Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez offered Madrid as a replacement venue for the United Nation’s COP25 conference to tackle unresolved issues on how to globally slash climate-disrupting carbon emissions.
Last year’s UN climate conference drew 20,000 experts to Katowice, Poland.
Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Change secretariat (UNFCCC) based in Bonn, said Spain’s offer was an”encouraging” sign of multilateralism and would allow organizers to stick to the summit’s original timetable.
It was not immediately clear on what scale a Madrid event from December 2 to 13 could take place, given the logistical challenges.
A UNFCCC spokesman an official letter from Spain was still awaited. A meeting between Spanish and UN officials would be held in Bonn, possibly on Friday.
Via DW
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