Akufo-Addo attends Climate Summit in Scotland amid unemployment crisis back home

• President Akufo-Addo is attending the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Scotland
• The President is expected to meet the President of Kenya
• The President leaves on Sunday 31 October and will return on 4 November

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo leads a Ghanaian delegation to the United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference (COP26) World Leaders' Summit in Glasgow, Scotland on Sunday (October 31).

The conference is scheduled to end on 3 November 2021.

The COP26 summit, which will be one of the largest gatherings of world leaders, will bring together parties to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Akufo-Addo will make a statement on Ghana's position on climate change, as well as measures to address its threat. He will also make three separate statements on Ghana's efforts to protect forests and oceans, and will participate in the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Summit to be held on the sidelines of COP26.

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In Glasgow, President Akufo-Addo will hold a bilateral meeting with Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya; Jonas Gahr Store, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Norway; Robert Abela, Prime Minister of the Republic of Malta; Elizabeth Truss, MP, British Foreign Minister for Foreign Affairs, Commonwealth and Development Affairs; and Rafael Mariano Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Secretary of State with the President, Shirley Ayorkor Bochwe; Minister of Energy, Matthew Opoku Prempeh, MP; Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Dr. Kwaku Afri, MP; The Minister for Land and Natural Resources, Samuel A. Jinapour, MP; and the President and officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Source: YEN.com.gh