President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu is scheduled to travel to Türkiye tomorrow to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP summit.

The President announced this while responding to a journalist's question at a press conference held at the President's Office today.

"We are going to Türkiye to attend the summit. God willing, we will depart tomorrow. The COP summit is on the 11th and 12th," the President said.

The President said the COP summit is a very important summit for a country like the Maldives.

"The Maldives is a country that works at both the national and international level to protect our environment," the President said.

The COP summit is the largest consultative meeting held to determine the measures that need to be taken at the global level against adverse climate change and to implement agreements.

The main objective of the COP summit is to fulfil the commitments made under the Paris Agreement to limit the rise in global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius. The discussions also include reducing greenhouse gas emissions and securing the financial assistance developing countries need to recover from environmental damage.

In addition, the meeting will hold extensive discussions on firm measures to be taken at the international level to reduce the losses faced by small island nations like the Maldives that are threatened by rising sea levels.