After his participation in the United Nations General Assembly (UN), President Ivan Duque held bilateral meetings with investors, businessmen, rating agencies and experts on environmental issues to socialize what Colombia is doing in this field.
His most recent meeting was with Michael R. Bloomberg, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Ambition and Solutions, and the meeting discussed climate change, biodiversity, and the need to mobilize funds effectively to achieve environmental goals.
The first president emphasized that the dialogue was fruitful and that Colombia’s work for the environment would improve every day during his government’s term: “We are in dialogue with Tweet embed About the environment The initiatives we are implementing in Colombia to mitigate climate change endorsed a proposal for biodiversity and expressed interest in the initiative @c40citiesand cities committed to a more sustainable future.”
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– Ivan Duque 🇨🇴 (IvanDuque) September 23, 2021
In turn, Bloomberg praised Colombia’s ambition to be the regional leader in the energy transition and agreed to explore opportunities with President Duque to meet with regional leaders and the private sector on the issue of energy transition.
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