Malta will be placing the worsening climate crisis at the top of the agenda at the Paris Peace Forum.

“Malta considers the subject of climate change as a very important one and as one of the members of the United Nations Security Council, Malta will be giving it priority and will work towards seeing that it is addressed in the best possible way,” Foreign Affairs Minister Ian Borg said during a discussion panel.

Borg claimed that Malta is placing a strong emphasis on the impact of sea level rise on international security and peace.

“It is essential that in these moments we continue to show the value of solidarity, as Malta is doing through the ‘Islands for Islands’ initiative that was announced by Prime Minister Robert Abela,” Borg said.

This comes as Malta is implementing a decarbonisation strategy which the government believes will lead to carbon neutrality by 2050.

Borg stated that Malta aims to double its contribution to the International Climate Fund in the near future, as well as begin offering scholarships at the University of Malta to students coming from small developing island states, in order for them to better understand the best practices that Malta is adopting, particularly in water management.

Borg ended by emphasising that the crisis the world crisis is experiencing is not only a threat to the environment but also, and to a higher degree, “to the livelihood of our peoples”.