His Majesty King Abdullah, on Monday, attended the opening session of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference’s twenty-first session in Paris.

The conference, which is attended leaders, heads of states and representatives of about 150 countries in the world, aims to reach an “ambitious and binding” agreement to address the challenge of climate change, binding to all countries, as well as highlighting national contributions to deal with this challenge, according to each country’s ability.

During the opening session, each speaker underlined actions and commitments undertaken by their countries to mitigate and adapt to the impact of climate change, as well as focusing on the importance of exerting more efforts to achieve sustainable development in the world.

King Abdullah attended a luncheon hosted by the French President, Francois Hollande, in honor of leaders and heads of delegations participating in the conference.