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‘Current situation in West Asia is definitely not an excuse not to deliver at COP28’

IndiaTimes Wednesday, 1 November 2023
The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is creating uncertainty for the upcoming UN climate conference (COP28) in the UAE. However, the visiting German state secretary of the federal ministry for economic cooperation and development, Jochen Flasbarth, believes that the conditions will not negatively impact the conference. Flasbarth stated that the world has previously shown its ability to collectively deal with challenging situations, citing the adoption of the global biodiversity framework as an example.
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