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climate change COP28 summit must hasten just transition progress

The Presidential Climate Commission (PCC) recently co-hosted a stakeholder engagement with the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and Environment at which we shared our mandate and expectations for the 28th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework @UNFCCC #COP28.

We are encouraged by the growing momentum to situate “just transition” strongly in UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) processes which for the first time, at COP26 in November 2021, parties reflected the importance

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