2024-06-14 21:08:27
In a press launch revealed Wednesday having sanctioned the assembly held on April 21 on local weather change, peace and safety in Africa, with the participation of Morocco, the AU Peace and Safety Council (PSC) “encourages States members to proceed to help and facilitate the work of the African Local weather Commissions established at COP22 held in Marrakech in 2016.
The AU PSC “encourages Member States to proceed to help and facilitate the work of the African Local weather Commissions established at COP22 held in Marrakech, Kingdom of Morocco, in 2016 to guide the implementation implementation of the Paris Settlement, specifically the Island Local weather Fee, chaired by HE President Wavel Ramkalawan of the Republic of Seychelles; the Congo Basin Fee, chaired by HE President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo5; in addition to the Sahel Local weather Fee, chaired by HE President Muhamed Bazoum of the Republic of Niger; in addition to making certain that these Commissions strengthen their collaboration with the AU Fee,” reads the press launch.
The Council additionally underlined the necessity for Member States and Regional Financial Communities and Regional Mechanisms (RECs/RMs) to share experiences, classes and greatest practices in combating the antagonistic results of local weather change, in addition to to develop more practical synergies between the native, nationwide, regional and continental entities involved, to be able to assure higher coordination of efforts geared toward mitigating the dangerous results of local weather change.
The AU PSC additional highlighted the significance of implementing the Paris Settlement on local weather change and the Sendai Framework for Catastrophe Threat Discount, calling on African international locations to affix the sector non-public sector, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and civil society organizations to determine efficient nationwide capacities to withstand local weather change, notably within the discipline of agriculture and to develop climate-smart infrastructure.
Morocco, will probably be recalled, was represented at this assembly by a delegation led by the Ambassador Everlasting Consultant of the Kingdom to the AU and the UNECA, Mohamed Arrouchi.
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