New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell today began a trip to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for COP28, the United Nations climate summit.
COP28 got underway today, and runs through December 12.
According to the mayor's office, this year's event is the first COP conference to give mayors a platform.
"Over the past few years, our city has seen increasingly stronger storms, and more recently, life-threatening heat waves and a prolonged drought that damaged our greenspace and contributed to a saltwater intrusion that threatened our drinking water," said Mayor Cantrell in a statement. "These negative impacts, as a result of climate change, speak to the importance of attending COP28 and meeting with fellow leaders, experts and advocates as we take collective, global action towards eliminating these risks and creating a safer, healthier environment for our people."
The mayor is set to return Thursday, December 7.
Just weeks ago, the mayor was in Kenya for a UN meeting on plastics pollution.





