WASHINGTON: US Vice President Kamala Harris will participate a major UN climate summit in Dubai, UAE this week, the White House said Wednesday.
She will be in Dubai on Friday and Saturday for the COP28, her office announced in a statement. The mega event will include a World Leaders Summit, where leaders of different countries were invited to speak regarding the challenge of climate change.
“Throughout her activities, she will underscore the US government’s success in delivering on the most ambitious climate agenda in history, both at domestic and global level,” Kirsten Allen, a spokesperson for the Vice President, said in a statement.
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It will mark the latest example of Kamala Harris traveling abroad in order to promote the Biden administration’s agenda. Harris has earlier attended the Munich Security Conference several times, and she also traveled to Africa for a week earlier in the current year.
President Joe Biden on Wednesday spoke with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed in advance of the summit to discuss the current war between Hamas and Israel, and to thank him for hosting the conference on climate change.
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Several climate activists were critical of President Biden’s decision not to attend this year’s climate conference, but some argue that his absence is unlikely to impact the results of the mega conference.
The U.S. is presently the second-largest global emitter of greenhouse gases and over the years has released more planet-warming gases than any other country.
