US Vice President Kamala Harris announced today, Sunday, a new financing of $ 20 million for clean energy projects in the Mekong region, during the last day on her trip to Thailand after the end of the Asia and Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) yesterday, Saturday.
“The courageous climate measures are not only necessary in order to protect the planet’s population and our natural resources, but it is a strong engine of economic growth,” Harris said – in a speech to civil society and business leaders in Bangkok, according to the Singaporean Channel News Radio.
On the other hand, the United States welcomed the “Thai -Green Victory Economic model” as an important effort to accelerate the pace of work to address the climate crisis, after the conclusion of Cope 27.
This came, according to what was published by the White House in a press statement on its website, today, Sunday, during a meeting of US President Kamala Harris and Thai Prime Minister Braiot Chan Osha in Bangkok on the sidelines of your father’s summit.
The statement stated that the two sides discussed their joint efforts to raise climate aspirations, reduce emissions, enhance climate adaptation, the ability to withstand, and unleash economic opportunities in the clean energy sector and climate work- including partnership with the private sector in the field of clean energy and nuclear technology, explaining that Harris praised the hosting of Thailand, a successful and Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit (APEC), stressing the importance of the permanent partnership between the United States and Thailand as a partnership rooted in common values.
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