High Level Statements | COP 30 part 2

High-Level Segment of COP 30/CMP 20/CMA7 

Her Excellency Ms. Nilda Borges da Mata, Minister of Environment of Sao Tome and Principe

His Excellency Mr. Vickram Bharrat, Minister of Natural Resources of Guyana 

His Excellency Mr. El Hadji Abdourahmane Diouf, Minister of Environment and Ecological Transition of Senegal 

Her Excellency Ms. Lillian Aber, State Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness and Refugees in the Office of the Prime Minister of Uganda

Her Excellency Ms. Amna Bint Abdullah Al Dahak, Minister of Climate Change and Environment of the United Arab Emirates 

Her Excellency Ms. Maria da Graça Carvalho, Minister of Environment and Energy of Portugal 

Her Excellency Ms. Marie Nyange Ndambo, Minister of Environment, Sustainable Development and New Climate Economy of the Democratic Republic of the Congo 

His Excellency Mr. Polycarp Paea, Minister of Environment, Climate Change, Disaster Management and Meteorology of Solomon Islands 

Her Excellency Ms. Calinie Mbarushimana, Minister of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock of Burundi 

His Excellency Mr. Maina Vakafua Talia, Minister of Home Affairs, Climate Change, and Environment of Tuvalu 

His Excellency Mr. José Didier Yaovi Tonato, Minister for Living Environment and Transport, in charge of Sustainable Development of Benin

His Excellency Mr. Balarabe Abbas Lawal, Minister of Environment of Nigeria 

His Excellency Mr. Hanif Faisol Nurofiq, Minister of Environment of Indonesia 

His Excellency Mr. Issifu Seidu, Minister of State for Climate Change and Sustainability of Ghana 

His Excellency Mr. Fernando Andrés López Larreynaga, Minister of Environment of El Salvador 

His Excellency Mr. Edgardo Ulises Ortuño Silva, Minister of Environment of Uruguay 

His Excellency Mr. Bremity Lakjohn, Minister in Assistance to the President and Minister of the Environment of the Marshall Islands 

His Excellency Mr. Gem Tshering, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Bhutan 

His Excellency Mr. Jóhann Páll Jóhannsson, Minister of Environment, Energy and Climate of Iceland 

His Excellency Mr. Bojan Kumer, Minister of Environment, Climate and Energy of Slovenia 

His Excellency Mr. Maurice Ntossui Allogo, Minister for Water and Forests, Environmental Preservation, Climate and Human-Wildlife Conflict of Gabon 

Her Excellency Ms. Jane Matty Mkhonta-Simelane, Minister of Tourism and Environmental Affairs of Eswatini 

His Excellency Mr. Moise Fils Jean-Pierre, Minister of Environment of Haiti 

His Excellency Mr. Carsten Schneider, Minister of the Environment, Climate Action, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety of Germany

Her Excellency Ms. Arlette Soudan-Nonault, Minister of the Environment, Sustainable Development, and the Congo Basin of Congo 

His Excellency Mr. Hallo Mustafa Kaka Radha Al-Askari, Minister of Environment of Iraq 

His Excellency Mr. Norbert Totschnig, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management of Austria 

His Excellency Mr. Molwyn Joseph, Minister of Environment of Antigua and Barbuda 

His Excellency Mr. Petr Hladík, Minister of Environment of Czechia

His Excellency Lt. Gen. Bashir Mohamed Jama, Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Somalia 

His Excellency Mr. Hassan Bakhit Djamous, Minister of Environment, Fisheries and Sustainable Development of Chad 

His Excellency Mr. Patrick Bruinings, Minister of Oil, Gas and Environment of Suriname 

Her Excellency Ms. María Heloísa Rojas Corradi, Minister of Environment of Chile 

Her Excellency Ms. Inés María Manzano Díaz, Minister of Environment and Energy of Ecuador 

His Excellency Mr. David Forné Massoni, State Secretary for Energy Transition, Transport and Mobility of Andorra 

His Excellency Mr. Javier Antonio Gutiérrez Ramírez, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Nicaragua 

His Excellency Mr. Komla Dodzi Kokoroko, Minister of Environment, Forestry Resources, Coastal Protection and Climate Change of Togo

His Excellency Mr. Orlando Habet, Minister of Sustainable Development, Climate Change and Solid Waste Management of Belize 

His Excellency Mr. Bhupender Yadav, Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India 

His Excellency Mr. Ricardo Antonio Molina Peñaloza, Minister of Popular Power for Ecosocialism of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 

His Excellency Mr. Mosese Drecala Bulitavu, Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Fiji 

Her Excellency Ms. Leila Benali, Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development of Morocco 

His Excellency Rafanomezantsoa Michael Manesimana, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Madagascar 

His Excellency Mr. Lars Aagaard, Minister for Climate, Energy and Utilities of Denmark 

His Excellency Mr. Madan Prasad Pariyar, Minister of Agriculture and Livestock Development of Nepal 

Mr. Mansur Oshurbayev, Vice Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Kazakhstan 

Her Excellency Ms. Sophia Theodora Monique Hermans, Deputy Prime Minister of the Netherlands 

Her Excellency Ms. Jean Mathanga, Cabinet Minister for Natural Resources, Energy and Mining of Malawi Speaking on behalf of the Least-Developed Countries 

His Excellency Mr. Andres Sutt, Minister of Energy and the Environment of Estonia 

The Right Honourable Edward Miliband, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 

His Excellency Mr. Gilberto Pichetto Fratin, Minister of Environment and Energy Security of Italy 

His Excellency Mr. Murat Kurum, Minister of Environment Urbanization and Climate Change of Türkiye 

Her Excellency Ms. Kaouter Krikou, Minister of Environment and Quality of Life of Algeria 

His Excellency Mr. Rolando Gabriel De Barros Barreto Acha, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Paraguay 

Her Excellency Ms. Alicia Isabel Adriana Barcena Ibarra, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico 

His Excellency Mr. Ralph Regenvanu, Minister of Climate Change of Vanuatu 

His Excellency Mr. Christopher Bowen, Minister for Climate Change and Energy of Australia 

His Excellency Mr. Meder Mashiev, Minister of Natural Resources, Ecology and Technical Supervision of Kyrgyzstan 

Her Excellency Ms. Indileni Daniel, Minister of Environment and Tourism of Namibia 

His Excellency Mr. Serge Wilmes, Minister of Environment, Climate, and Biodiversity of Luxembourg 

Her Excellency Ms. Joyelle Clarke, Minister of Sustainable Development and Environment, Climate Action and Constituency Empowerment of Saint Kitts and Nevis 

His Excellency Mr. Seyoum Mekonen, State Minister of the Ministry of Planning and Development of Ethiopia 

His Excellency Mr. Batbaatar Bat, Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Mongolia 

Her Excellency Ms. Elizabeth Thompson, Deputy President of the Senate of Barbados 

Mr. Edwin Josué Castellanos López, Vice Minister of Natural Resources and Climate Change of Guatemala 

Mr. Pavlo Kartashov, Deputy Minister of Economy, Environment and Agriculture of Ukraine 

Mr. Ahmed Abuthaher, Deputy Minister of Environment Quality Authority of State of Palestine 

Ms. Romina Caminada Vallejo, Vice Minister of Strategic Development of Natural Resources of Peru 

Mr. Huang Tiong Sii, Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability of Malaysia 

Mr. Thanh Le Cong, Vice Minister of Agriculture and Environment of Viet Nam 

Ms. Helena Dyrssen, Deputy Minister of Climate and the Environment of Sweden 

Mr. Nascimento da Costa Alexandre Soares, Secretary of State for Climate Action and Sustainable Development of Angola 

Mr. Atanas Kostadinov, Deputy Minister of Environment and Water of Bulgaria 

Mr. Krzysztof Bolesta, Secretary of State of Poland 

Mr. Paula Pouvalu Ma’u, Chief Secretary and Secretary to Cabinet at the Prime Minister’s Office of Tonga 

Ms. Aisha Humera Moriani, Secretary, Ministry of Climate Change and Environmental Coordination of Pakistan 

Her Excellency Ms. Josephine Moote, Permanent Representatives of Kiribati 

His Excellency Mr. Jeem Lippwe, Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations of the Federated States of Micronesia 

His Excellency Mr. Sergei Kononuchenko, Ambassador-at-Large, Special Representative of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on Climate Issues 

His Excellency Mr. Adao Soares Barbosa, Special Envoy and Ambassador at Large for Climate Affairs of Timor-Leste 

Her Excellency Ms. Barbara Wassen, Ambassador at Large for Climate, Ministry of Energy of Hungary 

His Excellency Mr. Hirotaka Ishihara, Minister of the Environment of Japan 

His Excellency Mr. Jean-Luc Crucke, Federal Minister of Mobility, Climate and Ecological transition, in charge of Sustainable development of Belgium 

His Excellency Mr. Kastytis Zuromskas, Minister of Environment of Lithuania 

His Excellency Mr. Kennedy Jerome Swaratsingh, Minister of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development of Trinidad and Tobago 

His Excellency Mr. Simon Watts, Minister of Climate Change, Minister for Energy, Minister for Local Government and Minister of Revenue of New Zealand 

His Excellency Mr. Abubakar Ben Mahamoud, Minister of Environment and Tourism of Comoros 

Her Excellency Ms. Deborah Mlongo Barasa, Cabinet Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forestry of Kenya 

Mr. Raphael Singer, Ambassador, Director of Department for Climate and Sustainability of Israel 

Her Excellency Ms. Chaminda Inoka Colonne, Ambassador of Sri Lanka 

His Excellency Mr. Alassane Zié Diamouténé, Ambassador of Côte d’Ivoire to Brazil 

His Excellency Mr. Genti Bendo, Ambassador of Albania to Brazil 

His Excellency Mr. Ahmed bin Mohammed Al-Sheibani, Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Brazil 

His Excellency Mr. Ibrahima Komara, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Guinea to Brazil. 

Ms. Pauline Antoine-Prospere, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Sustainable Development, Innovation, Science, Technology and Vocational Training of Saint Lucia 

Mr. Fernando Jorge Brom, Undersecretary of Environment in the Ministry of the Interior of Argentina 

Ms. Patranant Thongprapan, Deputy Secretary-General to the Prime Minister for Political Affairs of Thailand 

Ms. Nouf Behbhani, Acting Director General of the Kuwait Environment Public Authority of Kuwait 

Mr. Mohammad Navid Safiullah, Additional Secretary of Bangladesh

Ms. Masho Khakhnelidze, Head of Delegation of Georgia 

Her Excellency Ms. Monique Barbut, Minister for Ecological Transition, Biodiversity, and International Negotiations on Climate and Nature of France 

Mr. Joseph Caruana, Permanent Secretary of Malta 

His Excellency Mr. Ali Shareef, Climate Envoy, President’s Office of Maldives 

Mr. Sedigheh Torabi Palat Kaleh, Deputy Head for Human Environment, Department of Environment of the Islamic Republic of Iran 

His Excellency Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, Apostolic Nuncio to Brazil of the Holy See 

Mr. Song Chol IN, First Secretary of the Permanent Mission of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to Geneva 

Mr. Dini Abdallah Omar, Secretary General of the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development of Djibouti 

Mr. Carl Dudek, External Relations Administrator of Monaco 

Dr. Theodoulos Mesimeris, Director of the Department of Environment of Cyprus

Dr. Emmanuel King Urey Yarkpawolo, Executive Director/CEO, Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia 

Mr. Ahmad Sandeh, Consultant on Ministry of Local Administration and Environment of the Syrian Arab Republic 

Statements by Observer Organizations

Intergovernmental Organizations 

Dr. Jerome L. Montemayor, Executive Director, ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity 

Dr. Ndiaye Ousmane, Director General, African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development 

Ms. Marisol Castillo, Executive Secretary, Central American Commission on Environment and Development 

Mr. Daniel Best, President, Caribbean Development Bank 

Mr. Amit Prothi, Director General, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure 

His Excellency Mr. Ezechiel Nibigira, Président, Economic Community of Central African States 

Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director, CGIAR System Organization 

Mr. Abdoulaye Mohamadou, Executive Secretary, Comité permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel 

Dr. Vanúsia Maria Carneiro Nogueira, Executive Director, International Coffee Organization 

His Excellency Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, Executive Secretary, IGAD Climate Prediction and Application Centre 

Professor Graeme Maidment, President of Commission, International Institute of Refrigeration 

Mr. Ashish Khanna, Director General, International Solar Alliance 

Ms. Sheamala K Satkuru, Executive Director, International Tropical Timber Organization 

Mr. Mark Smith, Director General, International Water Management Institute 

His Excellency Mr. Alexandre Pupo Quintino, Secretary-General, International Youth Organization for Ibero-America 

His Excellency Mr. Giulio Centemero, President, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean 

Non-Governmental Organizations 

Mr. Andrew Wilson on behalf of Business and industry NGOs 

Environmental NGOs 

Ms. Jyoti Fernandez on behalf of Farmers and agricultural NGOs 

Indigenous peoples organizations 

Mr. Igor Normando on behalf of Local government and municipal authorities 

Ms. Emilly Caroline Costa Silva on behalf of Research and independent NGOs 

Trade union NGOs 

Women and gender constituency 

Children and youth NGOs 

Education, Communication and Outreach Stakeholders 

Faith Based Organizations 

Parliamentarians