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December 12, 2023

Diane Holdorf, Executive Vice President, WBCSD, USA, H.E. Mariam bint Mohamed Saeed Al Meheiri, UAE Minister of Climate Change and Environment and Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture, USA sit in chairs during a panel discussion against a green backdrop at the U.N. climate talks in Dubai.

From left to right: Diane Holdorf, Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri and Tom Vilsack at the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai. Photo courtesy of Stuart Wilson/COP28.

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