Mr. Tshekedi Khama
The Minister of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism Tshekedi Khama will attend the United Nations Climate Change Summit that will be held in New York, United States of America on the 23rd of September 2014.
The Summit which is seen as an effort to raise ambition and action for climate change will be attended by world leaders from government, finance, business and civil society.
Heads of State and Governments are expected to provide a vision for reduction of emissions and make announcements on new or scaled-up ambition and action through national efforts. Heads of State and Government as well as world leaders of finance, business and civil society are also expected to deliver statements on multilateral, multi-stakeholder initiatives and updates on work underway on energy efficiency, renewables, short lived climate pollutants, transport, cities, forests, agriculture, adaptation resilience and disaster risk reduction.
The Minister will be accompanied by senior government officials from the Ministry of Environment, Wildlife and Tourism; and Ministry of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources.