Minister Barbara Creecy to host national stakeholder consultation ahead of cCoP28, Dubai

23 October 2023

Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Ms Barbara Creecy, jointly with the Presidential Climate Commission (PCC), will host a national stakeholder consultation on Thursday, 26 October 2023, ahead of the upcoming Dubai international climate talks.

The 28th Conference of Parties (COP28) to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will be hosted in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, from 30 November - 12 December 2023.

The stakeholder consultation aims to consolidate South Africa's position for the climate change negotiations towards COP28, provide information and an update on the status of the international negotiations in UNFCCC and raise public awareness around climate change and the country's response efforts.

Members of the media are invited to attend as follows:

Date: Thursday, 26 October 2023
Time: 14:00 – 16:30
Venue: Women's Jail, Constitutional Hill, Johannesburg

To RSVP, contact:
Noma Bolani 
Mobile: 066 112 3742 
E-mail: nbolani@dffe.gov.za or

Paul Sigutya
Mobile: 082 883 5570 
E-mail: psigutya@dffe.gov.za

For media enquiries, contact:
Peter Mbelengwa
Mobile: 082 611 8197