Minister for Sustainable Development, the Environment and Climate Change Leo Brincat is participating in a climate change event being held in New York between today and tomorrow at the invitation of the President of the UN General Assembly.

The main thrust of the event is to mobilise political momentum and stakeholders for ambitious actions on mitigation, adaptation and means of implementation of climate change measures.

The event was opened by the UN General Assembly President and the UN Secretary General.

The Maltese Bill on Climate Action is expected to be given a Third Reading by Parliament shortly after having been approved at committee stage unanimously last week.

Minister Brincat is accompanied by Prof. Simone Borg, Ambassador for Climate Change.