Prince Albert II of Monaco used his time on stage at COP28 to call for “tangible and credible commitments” from all present at the global climate action summit, before meeting with other Heads of State and UN Secretary-General António Guterres for a series of conferences, discussions and photo calls.
Touching down in the UAE on Friday 1st December, fresh from a biodiversity and animal protection-focused trip to Malaysia and a brief visit to Singapore, Monaco’s Prince Albert was welcomed to the first big day of COP28 events by Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
Shortly after, Prince Albert took to the stage to make a rousing speech in front of the numerous Heads of State and world leaders present, in which he called for “increased and rapid action to keep global temperature rises within the +1.5°C limit.
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Monaco’s sovereign also offered “the full support of the Principality of Monaco to the Emirati Presidency in order to make this conference a success crowned with tangible and credible commitments that will put us on the path to a low-carbon and climate-resilient way of development”.
Prince Albert later visited King Abdullah Shah of Malaysia at the nation’s dedicated Malaysian Pavilion space, before attending the Global Fund for Coral Reefs conference.
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Photo credit: Axel Bastello / Palais Princier de Monaco /COP28 / Christopher Pike / Mahmoud Khaled