- First Minister arrives in New York ahead of Climate Week NYC
A call for bold, sustained action from international partners to
deliver on climate pledges and support Global South nations hit
hardest by climate change will be First Minister Humza Yousaf’s
focus as he arrives in New York today (Sunday 17 September) for
Climate Week NYC.
The First Minister will meet with Under2 Coalition Co-Chairs for
the first time on Sunday, ahead of giving a keynote speech at the
Climate Week NYC Hub on Monday.
He will use the speech to call on other governments and
cross-sector organisations to not only pledge, but mobilise loss
and damage funding.
First Minister said:
“For communities across the world, new climate shocks often
arrive before there is time to recover from the last – and the
recent UN stocktake of global climate action emphasises that loss
and damage risks are still growing.
“It’s clear that Scotland can play a significant role in calling
for greater international action as an outward-looking nation
which has already shown global leadership. We have already put
people at the heart of our international climate action, and will
be calling on others to join us.
“Scotland has demonstrated that we are prepared to walk the walk
where many others, to this point, have merely talked the talk.
Collective action is needed to tackle the climate emergency and
address the devastating effects of climate change, in particular
loss and damage.
“Eleven years ago, we launched the world’s first dedicated
Climate Justice Fund, which remains the only government-led
climate justice fund in the world – something we’d like to help
change.”
Background
Climate Justice Fund
For security reasons, the First Minister’s full travel
arrangements are not made public in advance, however details
about Ministerial travel and engagements are proactively
published online.
Any business flights taken by Scottish Government Ministers and
employees are offset by a carbon levy. The levy is used to fund
carbon reduction projects that compensate for the carbon
emissions generated.
