Prime Minister Najla Bouden Monday reiterated Tunisia’s commitment to support international efforts geared towards implementing agreements on reducing greenhouse gas emissions so as to address global warming and promote climate change adaptation.
Bouden was speaking at Day one of the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Attending a roundtable on “Innovative Finance for Climate and Development” and the second edition of the Middle East Green Initiative (MGI) Summit, launched by Saudi Arabia as part of the COP27, Bouden also said it is imperative to leverage funds to support adaptation to climate change in developing countries.
The Premier met with participating leaders, namely the Algerian and Iraqi presidents, the Crown Princes of Kuwait and Saudi Arabia as well as the Lebanese, British, Spanish, Dutch and Finnish prime ministers. Talks focused on ways to boost international cooperation on climate change.
Bouden arrived Monday in Sharm El-Sheikh. She was greeted by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi and UN Secretary General António Guterres. The Premier is leading a high-level delegation made up of Minister of Economy and Planning Samir Saïed, Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy Neila Gongi and Minister of Environment Leila Chikhaoui.
Tunisia’s updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), submitted to the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), raises the ambitions of cutting greenhouse gas emissions from 41% to 45% by 2033, compared to its 2010 level.
The updated NDCs are designed to “increase Tunisia’s resilience to climate change. This means significantly less vulnerabilities and stronger adaptation capacities of its ecosystems, population, economy and territories, in addition to the successful introduction of necessary changes so as to put in a place an inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development model.”
