Gibraltar at climate change conference
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Political discussions will therefore also focus on climate finance, emission targets, and the role of large states.
After successful lobbying by Environment Ministers to the UK Overseas Territories (UKOTs) the UK Government, it was agreed that for the first time ever the UKOTs would be directly represented and form part of the official UK delegation attending COP 24. The Environment Ministers Council of the UKOTs nominated Dr Kedrick Pickering, Deputy Premier of the British Virgin Islands as the political representative from the territories to attend the conference. Dr Liesl Mesilio, CEO and Chief Scientist of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Climate Change at the Government of Gibraltar was then nominated as the scientist representing the OTs and providing technical support for Dr Pickering. Together they make up the OT delegation.
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