Mexico Signs Majuro Climate Change Declaration Nilima Choudhury - RTCC
go to original November 23, 2013

COP19: Tony de Brum, Minister-in-Assistance to the President, Republic of the Marshall Islands (RTCC)

Mexico has agreed to sign the Majuro Declaration, an ambitious document created by the Pacific Islands which invites nations to become ‘climate leaders’.

The country will join Indonesia, Korea, Thailand, France, Malaysia and Costa Rica in “lending their support” to the Pacific Islands, and who have been said to be preparing their commitments towards the declaration.

The Pacific Islands states, including the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu, are some of the most vulnerable to climate change, as rising sea levels erode the coastlines of the tiny islands.

The Declaration says: “In supporting this Declaration, a government, economic entity, company, civil society organization or individual commits to demonstrate climate leadership through action that contributes to the urgent reduction and phase down of greenhouse gas pollution.”

So far, Mexico’s presence at the climate talks appear to have been positive with emphasis placed on action.

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