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Austrian President Van der Bellen at the UN Climate Summit in Egypt
Austria's Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen is going into the COP27 world climate conference with mixed feelings. Given the insufficient or inadequately implemented results of previous climate summits, optimism is "not easy - but necessary," said Alexander Van der Bellen at the conference venue in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Even though President Van der Bellen is an advocate for combating climate change, his personal expectations for the summit are pragmatic. / Picture: © Österreichische Präsidentschaftskanzlei / Peter Lechner/HBF
"Where else are such negotiations going to take place? The UN is the only global platform we have," President Van der Bellen said ahead of the COP27 world climate conference.
This represents, as reported by Vindobona.org, his first trip abroad after his re-election. Van der Bellen stated that "if it had come to a runoff, I would not be sitting here today." Van der Bellen will…
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