Cuba Sends Minister And Ambassador To COP26 In Scotland

United Nations Framework Convention On Climate Change (UNFCCC)

Type of Party
Non-Annex I
Ratification status
Party to Paris Agreement
Date of signature
22 April 2016
Date of ratification
28 December 2016
Party to Kyoto Protocol
Date of signature
15 March 1999
Date of ratification
30 April 2002

In the United Kingdom, Cuba’s Environment Minister to attend COP26 

“Upon his arrival in this capital, the ambassador of the Caribbean island here, [H.E.] Barbara Montalvo [Alvarez], greeted [H.E. Elba Rosa Perez Montoya] Perez, diplomatic sources reported to Prensa Latina.  The head of Citma [Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment of the Republic of Cuba] is leading the Cuban delegation to COP26 that began on Sunday in the Scottish city, and which will celebrate on Monday and Tuesday the high-level segment, with the participation of more than a hundred world leaders.  On Monday, the Cuban minister is scheduled to attend the premiere of a documentary on Life Task, as the plan designed by the Cuban state to tackle climate change is called, at the University of Glasgow.”