UAE to host preparatory conference for UN Climate Summit

The UAE will host a preparatory conference of the UN 2019 Climate Summit in Abu Dhabi in June.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made the announcement after meeting with Mohammad bin Abdullah Al Gergawi, Minister of Cabinet Affairs and The Future, and other UAE ministers on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum at Davos.

The meeting will witness the highest international participation since the Paris Agreement in 2015.

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