President to make three proposals at COP28 in Dubai

President Ranil Wickremesinghe is scheduled to present three proposals at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (Cop28) to be held in Dubai.

Sri Lanka’s main proposal is to establish a Climate Change University here.

The other two proposals are the establishment of a Climate Justice Forum for Third World countries that are inconvenienced by the activities of developed countries and the establishment of a Tropical Belt Forum for tropical rainforests.

Twenty youth delegates from Sri Lanka will also participate under the sponsorship of non-governmental organizations. Representing the official delegation of Sri Lanka are President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Foreign Minister Ali Sabry, Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera, Environment Minister Keheliya Rambukwella, MP Patali Champika Ranawaka, Secretary of the Environment Ministry Dr. Anil Jasinghe, Presidential Adviser on Climate Change Ruwan Wijewardene and Presidential Foreign Affairs Director Dinuk Colombage, among others.