Inger Andersen reaffirms commitment to concrete solutions to climate change

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The UN Environment Programme executive director, Inger Andersen, has made a statement at the 149th meeting of the Committee of Permanent Representatives, which took place on 18 February 2020. In her speech, Andersen reaffirms the importance of delivering concrete solutions to climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution in 2020. She highlights the various opportunities for addressing environmental concerns taking place in 2020, such as the Oceans Conference in Lisbon, the UN Nature summit in New York, the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Kunming and the 26th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Glasgow.