Nasheed departs to Egypt to represent Sri Lanka in COP27

Parliament Speaker, former President Mohamed Nasheed departed to Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt on Friday morning to attend 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP27) as the representative of Sri Lanka.

In his visit to Egypt from today, till Wednesday, Nasheed will be attending COP27 as a member of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka’s national delegation.

On Tuesday, Nasheed is scheduled to take part in Climate Prosperity Plans Flagship Event: Paving the Way From Vulnerability to Propesperity, which will showcase progress made by countries in developing national climate resilience plans – an event organized by the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) and Climate Vulnerable 20 Countries (V20)

During Nasheed’s visit, he will also meet with senior officials for CVF, V20 countries, alongside other countries on the sidelines of COP27.

CVF is an international forum held especially for countries that are at severe risk due to climate change – which Maldives is a party to.

Vice President Faisal Naseem also departed to Egypt on Friday to attend COP27, on behalf of the Maldives. He is accompanied by a high-level delegation from the government.