COP 26 Speeches and statements

Speeches and statements published as received.

 

(in order of appearance, information will follow as it will be available)

Plenary Cairn Gorm

His Excellency Mr. Pedro Sánchez Perez-Castejón, President of the Government of Spain (Host of COP 25)

His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani, President of Mauritania

His Excellency Mr. Joseph R. Biden Jr., President of United States of America

His Excellency Mr. Joko Widodo, President of Indonesia

His Excellency Mr. Wavel John Charles Ramkalawan, President of Seychelles

His Excellency Mr. Emmanuel Macron, President of France

His Excellency Mr. Ali Bongo Ondimba, President of Gabon

His Excellency Mr. Juan Orlando Hernández, President of Honduras

His Excellency Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta, President of Kenya

His Excellency Mr. Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine

His Excellency Mr. Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of Egypt

His Excellency Mr. Stevo Pendarovski, President of North Macedonia

His Excellency Mr. Luis A. Arce Catacora, President of Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

His Excellency Mr. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka

His Excellency Mr. Milo Đukanović, President of Montenegro

His Excellency Mr. Jae-in Moon, President of the Republic of Korea

His Excellency Mr. Faustin Archange Touadera, President of the Central African Republic

His Excellency Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso, President of the Congo

His Excellency Mr. Charles Michel, President of the European Council and
Her Excellency Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, European Union

His Excellency Mr. Guy Parmelin, President of Switzerland

His Excellency Mr. Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera, President of Malawi

His Excellency Mr. Khurelsukh Ukhnaa, President of Mongolia

His Excellency Mr. Ibrahim M. Solih, President of Maldives

His Excellency Mr. Laurentino Cortizo, President of Panama

His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Bazoum, President of Niger

His Excellency Mr. Hakainde Hichilema, President of Zambia

His Excellency Mr. George Manneh Weah, President of Liberia

His Excellency Mr. János Áder, President of Hungary

His Excellency Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People's Republic of China (written statement)

His Excellency Mr. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of the Republic of Uganda (written statement)

His Majesty Abdullah II Ibn Al Hussein, King of Jordan (written statement)

Her Excellency Ms. Fiame Naomi Mataafa, Prime Minister of Samoa (written statement)

His Excellency Mr. James Hame Marape, Prime Minister of Papua New Guinea (written statement)

Plenary Pen Y Fan

Her Excellency Mrs. Angela Merkel, Federal Chancellor of Germany

His Excellency Mr. Abdulhamid Mohammed Al-Dabaiba, Prime Minister of Libya

His Excellency Mr. Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg

His Excellency Mr. Andrew Michael Holness, Prime Minister of Jamaica

His Excellency Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Prime Minister of Greece

Her Excellency Ms. Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh

His Excellency Mr. Stefan Löfven, Prime Minister of Sweden

His Excellency Mr. Mohammad Shtayyeh, Prime Minister of the State of Palestine

Her Excellency Ms. Kaja Kallas, Prime Minister of Estonia

His Excellency Mr. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada

His Excellency Mr. Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji

His Excellency Mr. Janez Janša, Prime Minister of Slovenia

His Excellency Mr. Naftali Bennett, Prime Minister of Israel

His Excellency Mr. Andrej Babiš, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic

His Excellency Mr. Gaston Alponso Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda

His Excellency General (Ret.) Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand

His Excellency Mr. Abdalla Hamdok, Prime Minister of Sudan

His Excellency Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba, Prime Minister of Nepal

His Excellency Mr. Pravind K. Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius

His Excellency Mr. Chinh Minh Pham, Prime Minister of Viet Nam

His Excellency Mr. Irakli Garibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia

His Excellency Mr. Moeketsi Majoro, Prime Minister of Lesotho

His Excellency Mr. John A. Briceño, Prime Minister of Belize

His Excellency Mr. Matuesz Morawiecki, Prime Minister of Poland

His Excellency Mr. Narendra Damodardas Modi, Prime Minister of India

His Excellency Mr. Scott J Morrison, Prime Minister of Australia

His Excellency Mr. Alexander Schallenberg, Federal Chancellor of Austria

His Excellency Mr. Mark Rutte, Prime Minister of the Netherlands

His Excellency Mr. Askar Mamin, Prime Minister of Kazakhstan

His Excellency Mr. Aziz Akhannouch, Prime Minister of Morocco

Plenary Cairn Gorm
2 November 2021
09:00 – 13:00

His Excellency Mr. Umaro Sissoco Embaló, President of Guinea-Bissau

His Serene Highness Prince Albert II of Monaco

His Excellency Mr. Guillermo Lasso Mendoza, President of Ecuador

His Excellency Mr. Aleksandar Vučić, President of Serbia

His Serene Highness Hereditary Prince Alois of Liechtenstein

His Excellency Mr. Sadyr Zhaparov, President of Kyrgyzstan

His Excellency Mr. Chandrikapersad Santokhi, President of Suriname

Her Excellency Ms. Samia Suluhu Hassan, President of Tanzania

Her Excellency Ms. Zuzana Čaputová, President of Slovakia

His Excellency Mr. Klaus Werner Iohannis, President of Romania

His Excellency Mr. Mohamed Irfaan Ali, President of Guyana

His Excellency Mr. Gitanas Nausėda, President of Lithuania

His Excellency Mr. Faure Essozimna Gnassingbé, President of Togo

His Excellency Mr. Hage G. Geingob, President of Namibia

His Excellency Mr. Egils Levits, President of Latvia

His Excellency Mr. Nicos Anastasiades, President of Cyprus

His Excellency Mr. Alberto Fernández, President of Argentina

His Excellency Mr. Julius Maada Bio, President of Sierra Leone

Her Excellency Ms. Mette Frederiksen, Prime Minister of Denmark

His Excellency Mr. Ivan Duque, President of Colombia

His Excellency Mr. João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço, President of Angola

His Excellency Mr. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana

His Excellency Mr. Andry Rajoelina, President of Madagascar

His Excellency Mr. Željko Komšić, Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina

His Excellency Mr. Surangel S. Whipps, Jr, President of Palau

His Excellency Mr. Carlos Alvardo Quesada, President of Costa Rica

His Excellency Mr. Muhammadu Buhari, President of Nigeria

His Excellency Mr. Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo

His Excellency Mr. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, President of Zimbabwe

His Excellency Mr. Giacomo Simoncini and His Excellency Mr. Francesco Mussoni, Captains Regent of San Marino

His Excellency Mr. Azali Assoumani, President of Comoros

His Excellency Mr. Carlos Manuel Vila Nova, President of Sao Tome and Principe

His Excellency Armen Sarkissian, President of Armenia

His Excellency Mr. Fumio Kishida, Prime Minister of Japan

Her Excellency Ms. Mia Amor Mottley, Prime Minister of Barbados

Her Excellency Ms. Katrin Jakobsdottir, Prime Minister of Iceland

His Excellency Mr. Keith C. Rowley, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

His Excellency Mr. Jonas Gahr Støre, Prime Minister of Norway

15:00 – 17:00

His Excellency Mr. Alexander F. H. De Croo, Prime Minister of Belgium

His Excellency Mr. Philip Joseph Pierre, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia

His Royal Highness Prince Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain

His Excellency Mr. Najib Makati, Prime Minister of Lebanon

His Excellency Mr. Sauli V. Niinistö, President of Finland

His Excellency Mr. Cleopas Sipho Dlamini, Prime Minister of Eswatini

His Excellency Mr. Micheál Martin, Prime Minister of Ireland

His Excellency Mr. Andrej Plenković, Prime Minister of Croatia

His Highness Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al Hamad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of Kuwait

His Excellency Mr. Edi Rama, Prime Minister of Albania

His Excellency Mr Kausea Natano, Prime Minister of Tuvalu

His Excellency Mr. Philip E. Davis, Prime Minister of Bahamas

His Excellency Mr. Carlos Agostinho do Rosário, Prime Minister of Mozambique

His Excellency Mr. Stefan Dinchev Yanev, Prime Minister of Bulgaria

His Excellency Mr. Robert Abela, Prime Minister of Malta

His Excellency Mr. Édouard Ngirente, Prime Minister of Rwanda

His Excellency Mr. Jose Ulisses De Pina Correia E Silva, Prime Minister of Cabo Verde

His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See

His Excellency Mr. Ali Salajegheh, Vice President and Head of the Department of Environment of Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Her Excellency Ms. Isatou Touray, Vice President of the Gambia

His Excellency Mr. Alexey Overchuk, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation

His Excellency Mr. Aziz Abduqaxxorovich Abdukhakimov, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and Sports of Uzbekistan

His Excellency Mr. Denis Ronaldo Moncada Colinders, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Nicaragua

Her Excellency Ms. Adaljiza Albertina Xavier Reis Magno, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Timor-Leste

His Excellency Mr. Mbella Mbella, Minister of External Relations of Cameroon

His Excellency Mr. Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President for the European Green Deal and His Excellency Mr. Andrej Vizjak, Minister of the Environment and Spatial Planning of Slovenia, speaking jointly on behalf of the European Union Group

Mr. Ahmadou Sebory Toure, Executive Director of the Fund for Environment Safeguard, Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development of Guinea, speaking on behalf of the Group of 77 and China

His Excellency Mr. Wera Mori, Minister for Environment, Conservation and Climate Change of Papua New Guinea, speaking on behalf of the Coalition of Rainforest Nations

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

Her Excellency Ms. Hai Yien Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment of Singapore

His Excellency Mr. James Cadet, Minister of Environment of Haiti

His Excellency Sheikh Faleh bin Nasser al-Thani, Minister of Environment and Climate Change of Qatar

His Excellency Mr. Eric R. Evelyn, Minister of Environment and Cooperatives of Saint Kitts and Nevis

His Excellency Mr. Mario Roberto Rojas Espino, Minister of Environment and Natural Resources of Guatemala

His Excellency Mr. Malik Amin Aslam, Federal Minister for Climate Change of Pakistan

His Excellency Mr. Carlos James, Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Sustainable Development and Culture of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Her Excellency Ms. Bounkham Vorachit, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic

His Excellency Mr. Adrián Peña, Minister of Environment of Uruguay

His Excellency Mr. Suhaimi Gafar, Minister of Development of Brunei Darussalam

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

His Excellency Mr. Modibo Kone, Minister of the Environment, Sanitation and Sustainable Development of Mali

His Excellency Mr. Yeshey Penjor, Minister for Agriculture and Forests of Bhutan

His Excellency Mr. James Shaw, Minister for Climate Change of New Zealand

Her Excellency Ms. Barbara Dalla Creecy, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment of South Africa

His Excellency Mr. Bruce Bilimon, Minister of Health and Human Services of the Marshall Islands

His Excellency Mr. Ariel Oviedo, Minister of the Environment and Sustainable Development of Paraguay

His Excellency Mr. Carlos G. Dominguez, Secretary of Finance, Chairman Designate of the Climate Change Commission of the Philippines

His Excellency Mr. Simon Sawadogo, Minister of Environment of Burkina Faso (written statement)

10:00 – 13:00

His Excellency Mr. Samal Say, Minister of Environment of Cambodia

His Excellency Mr. Bruce Bilimon, Minister of Health and Human Services of the Marshall Islands speaking on behalf of Pacific SIDS

Her Excellency Mrs. Louopou Lamah, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Guinea

His Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al Saud, Minster of Energy, Saudi Arabia

His Excellency Mr. Josè Tonato, Minister of Living Environment and Sustainable Development of Benin

His Excellency Mr. Josué Alejandro Lorca Vega, Minister of People's Power for Ecosocialism of Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Her Excellency Ms. Leila Chikhaoui, Minister of Environment of Tunisia

Her Excellency Ms. Elba R. Pérez Montoya, Minister of Science, Technology and Environment of Cuba

His Excellency Mr. João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister of the Environment and Climate Action of Portugal

His Excellency Mr. Jean-Luc Assi, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Côte d’Ivoire

Her Excellency Ms. María Luisa Albores González, Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources of Mexico

His Excellency Mr. Taofeg Abdulwahd Al- Sharjabi, Minister of Water and Environment of Yemen

Her Excellency Ms. Sílvia Calvó Armengol, Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Sustainable Development of Andorra

His Excellency Mr. Simon E. K. Stiell, Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation, Climate Resilience and the Environment of Grenada

Her Excellency Ms. Samia Brahamia Moualfti, Minister of Environment of Algeria

His Excellency Mr. Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man, Minister of Environment and Water of Malaysia

His Excellency Mr. Gamal Mohamed Hassan, Minister of Planning, Investment and Economic Development of Somalia

His Excellency Mr. Fekadu Beyene Aleka Commissioner for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission of Ethiopia

His Excellency Mr. Abdou Karim Sall, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development of Senegal

His Excellency Mr. Naif Ali Al-Abri, President for Civil Aviation Authority of Oman

His Excellency Mr. Joaquim Leite, Minister of the Environment of Brazil

His Excellency Mr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and Special Envoy for Climate Change of the United Arab Emirates

His Excellency Mr. Cozier Frederick, Minister for the Environment, Rural Modernisation and Kalinago Upliftment of Dominica

His Excellency Mr. Mahamat Ahmat Lazina, Minister of the Environment of Fisheries and Sustainable Development of Chad

Ms. Lily Albino Akol Akol, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security of South Sudan

Mr. Rauf Hajiyev, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan

Ms. Milagros, M. De Camps German, Deputy Minister for Climate Change and International Affairs of the Dominican Republic

Mr. Alfredo Mamani Salinas, Deputy Minister of Strategic Development of Natural Resources of Peru

Ms. Rouida Nahar, General Director, Ministry of Local Administration and Environment of the Syrian Arab Republic

Dr. Dean Rex, Special Envoy of Niue to COP 26

Mr. Ndorimana Emmanuel, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Environment, Agriculture and Livestock of Burundi

Mr. Bahodur Sheralizoda Ahmadjon, Chairman of the Committee for Environmental Protection of Tajikistan

His Excellency Mr. Sumbue Antas, Ambassador of Vanuatu to Switzerland

His Excellency Mr. Maksim Yermalovich, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the United Kingdom

Her Excellency Ms. Fanetupouvava’u Tuivakano, High Commissioner of Tonga to the United Kingdom

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

Mr. Julio Cordano, Coordination Chief of the Chilean Negotiation Team

Statement of the Republic of Nauru (written statement)

15:30 – 17:00
Statements by Observer Organizations

Intergovernmental Organizations

Dr. Claudia Sadoff, Managing Director, CGIAR System Organization

Mr. Sergio Diaz-Granados, President and Chief Executive Officer, Corporación Andina de Fomento

His Excellency Mr. Yury Sentryurin, Secretary General, Gas Exporting Countries Forum

Dr. Workneh Gebeyehu, Executive Secretary, IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications

Mr. Didier Coulomb, Director General, Institut International du Froid

Dr. Pema Gyamtsho, Director General, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development

Ms. Jan Beagle, Director General, International Development Law Organization

Mr. Jagan Chapagain, Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

Dr. Young Tae Kim, Secretary-General, International Transport Forum, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Dr. Bruno Oberle, Director General, International Union for Conservation of Nature

Mr. Duarte Pacheco, President, Inter-Parliamentary Union

Mrs. Paula Illona Lehtomäki, Secretary General, Nordic Council of Ministers

Her Excellency Mrs. Louise Mushikiwabo, Secretary General, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie

His Excellency Mr. Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, Secretary General, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

His Excellency Mr. Henry Puna, Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat

Mr. Gennaro Migliore, President, Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean

Mr. Jorge Hernando Pedraza, Secretary General, Secretaría General de la Comunidad Andina

Dr. Masumur Rahman, Director General, South Asia Co-operative Environment Programme

Right Honourable Patricia Janet Scotland, Secretary-General, The Commonwealth His Excellency

Mr. Nasser Ahmed Kamel, Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean

Non-Governmental Organizations

Ms. Jane Ewing on behalf of business and industry non-governmental organizations

Ms. Catalina Gonda, of Fundación Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, on behalf of environmental nongovernmental organizations

Mr. Asad Rehman, of War on Want, on behalf of environmental non-governmental organizations

Ms. Elizabeth Nsimadala on behalf of farmers non-governmental organizations

Ms. Cindy Kobei on behalf of indigenous peoples organizations

Mr. Andy Burnham Mayor of Greater Manchester, England, on behalf of local government and municipal authorities non-governmental organizations

Ms. Miriah M. Russo Kelly of Southern Connecticut State University, on behalf of research and independent non-governmental organizations

Ms. Roz Foyer on behalf of trade unions non-governmental organizations

Ms. Zainab Yunusa of Women's Environment & Development Organization, on behalf of women and gender non-governmental organizations

Mr. Castro Darien on behalf of youth non-governmental organizations

Mr. Jason Boberg on behalf of Disability caucus.

Ms. Isatis M. Cintrin-Rodriguez on behalf of the Education, Communication & Outreach Stakeholders

Reverend James Bhagwan on behalf of Faith-based organizations

Ms. Malini Mehra, Chief Executive of GLOBE International on behalf of Parliamentarians

Ms. Edith Heard on behalf of European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)

Mr. Christopher Wilke, of Waterkeeper Alliance, on behalf of environmental nongovernmental organizations

Ms. Rachel Crossley, of behalf of the Faculty of Public Health of the Royal Colleges of Physicians of the United Kingdom (FPH)

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