UNEP Chief emphasizes importance of Paris Agreement's Article 6 for climate finance

Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, which allows for climate financing, is very important and has great potential, said Inger Andersen, the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Report informs.

Andersen made the remarks at the Global Leaders Roundtable on “Aligning Climate Action and Biodiversity Conservation to Achieve a Nature-Positive Future and the Goals of the Paris Agreement,” held as a part of COP29.

She highlighted that there is potential to direct real resources to the forest and nature: "When we invest in nature, we are actually investing in ourselves. Because without nature, we have nothing."