Politics and Society
| Iceland Monitor
| Wed 11 Nov 2015
| 13.30 GMT
| Modified
14 Apr 2016
16.32
Icelandic team to Paris climate conference
Iceland will be sending a delegation of fifteen to the 2015 United Nations (UN) Conference on Climate Change to be held in Paris on 30 November-11 December.
The aim of the Conference is to sign a universal agreement on significantly reducing greenhouse gases responsible for climate change.
According to information from the Icelandic Ministry for the Environment and Natural resources, the fifteen-strong delegation from Iceland will be made up of:
- Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, Prime Minister + three officials from the Prime Minister’s Office
- Sigrún Magnúsdóttir, Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources + five ministry officials
- Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, Minister for Foreign Affairs + three ministry officials
- One representative of the Ministry of Industries and Innovation
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