The 22nd Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held via video conference on Monday. President Chandrikapersad Santokhi participated in this conference and Ministers Albert Ramdin for Foreign Affairs, International Business and International Cooperation (BIBIS) and Silvano Chung Ahin of Spatial Planning and Environment (ROM).
The meeting discussed the common position to be taken by the CARICOM during COP26 or the UN Climate Summit. COP26 will take place from 1 to 12 November 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland, in the United Kingdom.
The Conference of the Parties (COP) is an annual conference organized by the United Nations on climate change. President Santoji will participate in this second meeting of the conference where delegates from nearly 200 countries are expected to attend.
Suriname and Guyana intend to act jointly, due to the shared interest of primarily taxing carbon and protecting mangrove forests.