Senate president, Hon. Carolyn Trench-Sandiford
By William Ysaguirre (Freelance Writer)
BELIZE CITY, Mon. Aug. 11, 2025
Belize representatives joined discussions with other parliamentarians of Latin America and the Caribbean in an effort to align legislative strategies, at the 2nd “Parliamentary Summit on Climate Change and Just Transition of Latin America and the Caribbean”, which was held at Brazil’s National Congress in Brasilia last Wednesday and Thursday, August 6-7.
Senate president Hon. Carolyn Trench-Sandiford emphasized Belize’s continued engagement and leadership in shaping the region’s climate change policy, and the National Assembly’s commitment to advance environmental sustainability. The conference provided an opportunity for the region’s parliamentarians to prepare for the upcoming 30th Conference Of Parties (COP30) of the United Nations’ Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which Brazil will host in Belem in November this year.
Brazil’s Federal Senate and Chamber of Deputies co-hosted the 2-day meeting, which the Parliamentary Observatory on Climate Change and Just Transition (OPCC) organized, in partnership with the U.N. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, (ECLAC), with the support of the Open Society Foundations.
Belize representative among Latin American and Caribbean parliamentarians
The summit culminated in the presentation of a Letter of Support for the Brazilian COP30 Presidency, and a Joint OPCC Declaration, reaffirming the region’s legislative commitment to climate action, which will be submitted at COP30.
