Govt splurges on COP27

ZIMBABWE sent a delegation of 264 people at a minimum cost of nearly US$1,6 million to the just-ended Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

The annual UN Climate Change Conference, which ran from November 6 to 18, advances the global climate talks, mobilises action, and provides a significant opportunity to look at the impacts of climate change as well as innovations and solutions in the world.

Sources in government told NewsDay that the least paid officer who travelled to Sharm El-Sheikh pocketed US$6 000, which puts the bill at a minimum of US$1,584 million.

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