After the conclusion of CHOGM, President Buhari will leave for Paris to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference.
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Prince Charles, who spoke at length to Sky News about climate change in an interview earlier this week, hopes to make a major intervention during discussions on the subject in Malta.
“This year’s conference will focus on global sustainability, ahead of the climate change negotiations in Paris”.
A government source said: “The Commonwealth brings together a group of countries that have many shared values but face different challenges, different threats from things like foreign fighters and from different groups – so an opportunity to look at how we can be exchanging ideas”.
Gallagher said she would be looking out for the organisation’s main developed economies – Australia, Britain and Canada – “outlining the contours of a support package for the most vulnerable countries”.
“New voices in the negotiations”, such as Malaysia and Singapore, as well the views of new leaders in Australia and Canada, will also be of particular interest.
The High Commission said there will be other opportunities for the public to participate in the state visit and see the Queen, particularly on Saturday at 11.35am when she will use a traditional Maltese boat to cross from Kalkara to Customs Wharf, Valletta.
The next Commonwealth Secretary-General is also due to be elected at CHOGM.
An indication of its significance is that among the few ideas adopted at the flop 2009 Copenhagen climate talks were those emanating from the preceding CHOGM.
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A Small States Centre of Excellence to boost development of small Commonwealth nations will be established in Malta, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat announced.
