DUBAI: Ana Toni, Secretary of Climate Change at the Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change of Brazil, underscored the importance of the COP Presidencies Troika, a partnership launched today between the UAE, Azerbaijan and Brazil to improve cooperation and continuity between current and future COP Presidencies.
Speaking to the Emirates News Agency (WAM) on Day 2 of the World Governments Summit (WGS) 2024, taking place in Dubai, the Brazilian secretary said, ‘The most important thing, from our perspective, is the launch of the Troika, which is the presidency of the UAE, Azerbaijan, and Brazil – COP28, COP29, and COP30 – working together for the implementation of the UAE Consensus, precisely bringing this link between the means of implementation, increasingly resilient and low-carbon development models.’
Launched on Tuesday during a meeting of the three COP presidents at ExpoCity in Dubai on the sidelines WGS 2024, the ‘COP Presidencies Troika’ is an unprecedented initiative that brings together the pr
esidencies of COP28, held in Dubai last year, COP29, to be held in Azerbaijan this year, and COP30, to be hosted by Brazil in 2025. The Troika will provide a platform for the three presidencies to collaborate on various activities until COP30, maintaining the goals of the Paris Agreement and following the outcomes of COP28.
In her statement to WAM, Toni also mentioned the partnership with the United Arab Emirates in combating climate change. “The Troika will make us work closely together for at least the next three years. Since last year, I think there has already been a lot of collaboration between the two countries. We want even more. There is much to learn from both sides, and I am sure it will be a great mutual learning experience between the countries,” said the Brazilian official, who represented the South American nation during the launch of the Troika.
Brazil’s Secretary of Climate Change is an economist and holds a PhD in Political Science. She served as the Executive Director of Institute for Clim
ate and Society (iCS) from 2015 and 2023 and has a long trajectory working in the areas of public policy advocacy, environment and climate change, sustainable development and philanthropy. The Brazilian Secretary, who actively participated in the negotiations of COP28 in Dubai last year, also praised the work of the UAE presidency of the climate event.
“The presidency of COP28 deserves to be congratulated. I think they really succeeded,” she said. ‘They gave a lesson to everyone about the determination to reach a consensus, build trust between the parties, and achieve concrete results.’
“The presidency of COP28 is truly commendable for the results it has brought to all of us in the world. And now, our responsibility is to implement the consensus brought here,” concluded Ana Toni, highlighting the work of COP28 President Dr. Sultan bin Ahmed Al Jaber.
Ana Toni works at the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change headed by Minister Marina Silva. In a recent statement to WAM, Silva also prais
ed the work of the COP28 presidency, describing it as “unifying’. The minister stressed the collaboration between the United Arab Emirates and Brazil in organising climate conferences, as the COP30 will be held in 2025 in the Brazilian city of Belém, in the Amazon region.
On this topic, Toni emphasised some actions the Brazilian government has been taking in preparation for hosting the climate event. ‘We already have working groups; we will now set up a COP30 secretariat within the government. But the most important thing Brazil is doing is creating its own NDC (Nationally Determined Contributions), its own climate plan, which we want to serve as an inspiring example for others. We will have eight mitigation plans, fifteen adaptation plans, and each of these plans will be detailed as an investment plan, as a plan to demonstrate capacity. These plans become almost like public and private investment plans that can guide what we are calling our ecological transformation in Brazil.’
The representative of Brazil
also emphasised the importance of the discussion platform offered by the World Governments Summit. “This event is a continuation of what happened at COP28; we need increasingly effective governments, logically for the implementation of the UAE Consensus at COP28,” concluded the Brazilian Secretary of Climate Change.
Source: Emirates News Agency