UAE President participates in Virtual G20 Leaders’ Summit

The UAE's President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan participated in the virtual G20 Leaders' Summit at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The summit, held under the Indian G20 Presidency, aims to review progress made towards achieving the group's objectives following the 18th G20 Summit hosted in New Delhi in September.

Sheikh Mohamed emphasised the G20’s significant focus on climate change in 2023, as reflected in the G20 New Delhi Leaders' Declaration.

This focus has included efforts to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, advocating for low-cost climate financing for developing countries, and announcing a global biofuels alliance.

His Highness underscored that these initiatives would bolster joint efforts at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference (COP28) aimed at realising effective, substantial, and balanced outcomes in addressing the threat of climate change, particularly as the conference will witness the first stocktake of progress in implementing Paris Agreement commitments.

The UAE President also expressed his eagerness to welcome participants to COP28 UAE to continue cooperating in addressing climate change as one of the world’s most pressing challenges.

He added that the summit is taking place at a time when the Palestinian territories are experiencing a severe and escalating situation, which requires serious and urgent international action to reach a ceasefire, provide protection to civilians in Gaza, and ensure the safe and sustained delivery of humanitarian aid.

His Highness stated that the international community, particularly the G20, bears a significant responsibility in working towards peace, stability, development and coexistence in the region.

Today, I participated in the virtual G20 Leaders' Summit to review progress in addressing shared global challenges across energy, climate, sustainability, and international security. International cooperation and dialogue are central to our efforts to achieve peace, stability,…

— محمد بن زايد (@MohamedBinZayed) November 22, 2023