Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC in Bali (CoP 13)

Climate change is claimed as the defining challenge of the century. Given the importance of the topic, UNEP had put climate change on top of its agenda. I was pleased to have been given the chance to attend the conference as observer, in addition to my role to assist the UNEP Subregional Environmental Policy Dialogue, which was attended by Ministers of Environment from Asia and the Pacific (including Minister Rachmat Witoelar) and the UNEP Executive Director Mr. Achim Steiner.