Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth & Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Matthew Samuda, will be leading the Jamaican delegation at the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) – European Union (EU) Ministerial Meeting on Environment and Climate Change 2023, scheduled for May 5.

The meeting will be held in San Jose, Costa Rica, and will present an opportunity for the exchange of views on areas for strengthened collaboration and partnership between the two regions.

It is expected to follow the Bureau Meeting of the Forum of Ministers of Environment of Latin America and the Caribbean on May 4.

“The Ministerial Meeting will consider the outcomes of the 5th session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA5), the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC COP 27), the 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP 15), the 2nd session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on plastic pollution (INC-2), and other relevant international processes,” Minister Samuda outlined.

Additional invited officials include the European Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries; Ministers of Environment of the LAC & the EU; representatives from the EU delegation in Costa Rica; representatives from DG Environment, DG for Climate Action; staff of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and others.

This event is part of the bi-regional CELAC-EU Roadmap adopted in Buenos Aires in October 2022, and will feed into the preparations for the EU-CELAC Summit in Brussels on 17-18 July which will reinforce bi-regional partnership at the highest level.
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