President to attend UN conference on climate change

29 Nov, 2015

President Maithripala Sirisena who participated in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting held in Malta, will leave for France today?to attend the United Nations Conference on Climate Change ? 2015.

The conference will be held in Le Bourget, France form 30th of November to 11th of December, 2015. This is the 21st Conference of the Parties, i.e. the annual meeting of all countries which want to take action for the climate.

The expected outcome of this year?s conference is to come to an international agreement on climate change, applicable to all, to keep global warming below 2?C.

Heads of the member states of the United Nations will participate in this conference. (Colombo Gazette)

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