The Presidency says that President Luis Abinader himself will not attend COP30 from 6 to 21 November in Belem, Brazil. When a journalist asked about the Climate Change Summit during the press conference of Monday, 3 November, the President had said he would be there.
But by Tuesday, the director for strategic communications of the Presidency, Felix Reyna shared a note saying the President would not travel to Brazil because he had to remain in the DR to attend to other matters.
The DR is likely to be represented by Max Puig, the president of the National Council for Climate Change and Carbon Market. Puig is a former Minister of Environment. When in Brazil for the Pre-COP30, on 16 October 2025, he stated that the climate agenda has become a fundamental axis for driving economic and social transformation processes in countries.
President Luis Abinader had remarked the DR would present the same complaint of years: that small island nations barely contaminate (0.01%), while they receive 20% of the damages caused by climate change. “We are among the most impacted by climate change… we have to deal with more storms, rain and this affects the quality of life, puts at risk human lives and causes economic damages. That would be the message we will convey in the meetings,” he said during the 3 November 2025 press conference. He said the Dominican Republic shares this position with Caricom countries.
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El Nacional
5 November 2025