On X, the head of Cuban diplomacy expressed that it is time to prioritize the means that will implement what has been agreed for a reinforced climate action.

Officials and experts from the Cuban Science, Technology, and Environment Ministry (CITMA) and the Foreign Ministry (MINREX) are attending the meeting.

On the first day, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged to tear down the walls of climate finance after acknowledging that no country is immune to such human-made challenges.

Guterres warned that the world is in a final countdown to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, and insisted on changing the current order in which “the rich cause the problem, the poor pay the highest price.”

COP29 brings together hundreds of representatives worldwide in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, from November 11 to 22, to prepare a new financial plan to develop clean energy and overcome the effects of extreme weather.

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