The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has participated in a preparatory ministerial-level meeting of the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, COP21, to be held from 30th November to 30th December, 2015, in Paris. Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Sultan Al Jaber, Minister of State and Special Envoy for Energy and Climate Change, who represented the UAE at the pre-COP21 meeting, told participants that all parties to the convention recognize the climate change challenges. The UAE ratified the Framework Convention on Climate Change, UNFCCC, in December 1995 and was the first country to ratify the second Kyoto Protocol phase in 2012, WAM reported. The aim of COP21 is to reach, for the first time, a universal, legally binding agreement that will enable us to combat climate change effectively and boost the transition towards resilient, low-carbon societies and economies.
