The fundamentalist movement participates for the first time in the UN climate conference since its return to power in 2021
Nov. 10 (EUROPA PRESS) –
Delegates from the fundamentalist Taliban movement are already on their way to the capital of Azerbaijan, Baku, to participate in the 29th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (known as COP29) which begins tomorrow until November 22 in what is about their first attendance at this international meeting since their reconquest of Afghanistan in August 2021.
The announcement was made by the National Environmental Protection Agency of the Islamic Emirate (NEPA), whose general director, Matiul Haq Jalis, former president of the Afghan Red Crescent, will lead the representation.
The Taliban delegation, NEPA points out in a statement, leaves for Baku with the intention of “strengthening cooperation with the world in the field of environmental protection and climate change” and putting on the table the possibility of joining the “existing financial mechanisms” in the fight against environmental deterioration.
Afghanistan is one of the countries in the world most vulnerable to climate change despite the fact that its contribution to global warming is practically zero. Their territory is the regular scene of devastating droughts and floods that lead to constant forced displacement.
The Taliban, since their return to power, have tried to find financing avenues beyond their relations with traditional allies such as China or Russia.
A little more than three years after the reconquest of Kabul, a number of countries in the region recognize in some way its authority but none of them – not even Moscow or Beijing – have granted full recognition for the profound deterioration of Human Rights since then.
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