Spain Offers to Host COP25 Climate Talks in Madrid After Chile Bows Out

Hundreds of Spanish students in Madrid join the global movement “Friday for Future” in March to demand measures against climate change and protection of the environment. Lizana / SOPA Images / LightRocket / Getty Images One day after Chile bowed out of hosting the COP25 UN Climate Change Conference , Spain has stepped up to the plate. Chilean President Sebastián Piñera of Chile said in a press conference in Santiago Thursday that acting Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez had offered to host the summit in Madrid, The New York Times reported . “Spain believe that multilateral climate action is a priority for both the UN and the EU, and one which demands the highest commitment from all of us,” Spain’s statement said, according to The Guardian . He trasladado al presidente de Chile, @sebastianpinera, la disposición de #España para acoger la Cumbre del Clima e… https://t.co/PK7zhnh3OF — Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) 1572540763.0 The conference was supposed to be held in Chile from Dec. 2 to 13, but Piñera stepped away from hosting after his country was rocked by weeks of demonstrations against income inequality and police repression. Carolina Schmidt, the Chilean environment minister and president-designate of COP25, communicated Spain’s offer […]

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