Cook Islands delegation joins global community at GEF Assembly
31st August 2023
Rarotonga, Cook Islands, 31 August 2023 - Amidst smoky skies of the worst wildfire season ever recorded in Canada, a Cook Islands delegation joined 1,500 participants from 185 countries on the traditional and unceded lands of the First Nations of Canada, where they converged towards the Vancouver Convention Centre forming an assembly of ministers, government officials, business leaders, environmentalists, international agencies and environmental conventions along with representatives of youth groups, civil society, gender representatives and Indigenous Peoples to discuss solutions to ensure