Press release
21 June 2009
Ministry of the Environment
Andreas Carlgren to attend Major Economies Forum in Mexico on 22-23 June
Minister for the Environment Andreas Carlgren will visit Mexico on 22-23 June to attend the third climate and energy meeting within the framework of the Major Economies Forum (MEF).
The meeting has been convened by US President Barack Obama and his climate and energy adviser Carol Browner, and will be hosted by Mexico's Secretary of Foreign Affairs Patricia Espinosa and Minister of the Environment Juan Rafael Elvira Quesada. The aim is to discuss the levels of ambition and content of a coming international climate agreement ahead of the meeting of the MEF countries' leaders in L'Aquila, Italy in July.
Mr Carlgren has been invited since Sweden will take over the Presidency of the EU on 1 July and he will lead the EU environment ministers at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen in December. Apart from the USA and Sweden, participants at the meeting will include environment or climate ministers from Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, South Korea and the UK.
The Major Economies Forum (MEF) is a process initiated by the USA to facilitate the work being carried out within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Contact
Mattias JohanssonPress Secretary to Andreas Carlgren
Fredrik Hannerz
Desk Officer
+46 8-405 80 25
