FOI 5264 – Documents Regarding COP 28 Delegates

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This disclosure comprises a ministerial submission from October 2023 recommending that Assistant Minister Kearney travel to Dubai in December 2023 to represent Australia at COP28's inaugural Health Day. The submission outlines the strategic rationale for attendance, emphasizing that participation would demonstrate government commitment to climate and health action to domestic and international audiences, while potentially strengthening Australia's credentials for hosting COP31 in 2026. Proposed activities include attending the Alliance for Transformative Action on Climate and Health (ATACH) roundtable, where member countries would assess progress on commitments to strengthen health responses to climate change, and a new climate-health ministerial where health and environment ministers would establish a roadmap addressing the climate-health nexus and adopt a political declaration. The submission notes the critical booking deadline of 18 October 2023 and references draft International Travel Request Forms requiring Prime Minister approval through established PM&C guidelines.