Maldives and Timor-Leste will be launching the “Asian Initiative on Climate Change,” reports Miadhu.
The world’s largest growing economies and most populous countries are in Asia, and both the governments of the Maldives and Timor-Leste believe if Asia takes immediate action against climate change, other regions in the world will follow.
The Maldives was part of the recent Progressive Group meeting, held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia last week.
The Progressive Group is formed by countries wanting to reach a legally binding agreement at the next UNFCCC climate change summit in Mexico later this year.
The group will hold a second meeting before COP16 in Malé this July.
