A top minister confirmed Bahrain’s commitment to achieving the National Afforestation Plan’s goal of increasing greenery and doubling the number of trees by 2035.
The plan includes quadrupling the number of mangrove trees by 2035 in a bid to reduce climate change and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060, he said.
This was announced by Dr. Mohammed bin Daina, Minister of Petroleum and Environment and Special Envoy for Climate Affairs, as part of the 28th International Ministerial Conference on Expanding the Coverage of Mangroves during the “Nature, Oceans and Land Use Day”. This was done in response to his participation in the event. A member of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28).
He said Bahrain’s membership in the Mangrove Alliance for Climate (MAC), a coalition established by the United Arab Emirates in partnership with Indonesia, will strengthen cooperation between different sectors involved in climate security and environmental protection. This reflects Saudi Arabia’s commitment to
Dr. Bin Daina emphasized the importance of public-private cooperation in promoting agricultural culture and raising awareness about the environmental and nutritional role of mangroves.
The conference will achieve the objectives of the Mangrove Breakthrough Initiative by establishing strong pathways for developing nature-based solutions, driving qualitative change in climate action, and improving financing and policy. , aimed to accelerate the technology. The initiative aims to protect and restore 15 million hectares of mangroves by 2030.
MAC aims to support, strengthen and expand areas of mangrove forests as one way to combat climate change and absorb and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The initiative requires member countries to plant, rehabilitate, rehabilitate and restore mangrove forests. Promote cooperation between countries to support this natural solution. Exchange knowledge and promote scientific research. and conserve coastal areas.
l A draft of a potential climate deal at yesterday’s COP28 summit suggested a wide range of options countries could take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but the “phasing out” of fossil fuels that many countries had called for Omitted.
The draft will set the stage for the final round of contentious negotiations at a two-week summit in Dubai, which will also see the need to ensure oil, gas and coal have a place in a climate-friendly future. Deep international disagreements over whether or not to do so have become clear.
COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber called on the nearly 200 participating countries to redouble their efforts to reach an agreement ahead of the conference’s scheduled conclusion today, saying: “There is still much work to do.” ” he said.
“You know what hasn’t been agreed. And you know that I want the highest ambitions to be achieved on everything, including the language on fossil fuels,” he said. Ta.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said a central criterion for COP28’s success is whether it can reach an agreement to phase out fossil fuels fast enough to avoid catastrophic climate change. said.
A new draft of the COP28 agreement released by the UAE, which hosts the summit, proposes a range of options, but does not mention the “phasing out” of all fossil fuels, which was included in the previous draft. Ta.
Instead, it lists eight options “available” to countries to reduce emissions, including “a fair, orderly and equitable way to achieve net zero by or around 2050.” This includes “reducing both fossil fuel consumption and production in a meaningful way.”
Other measures listed include tripling renewable energy capacity by 2030, “rapidly phasing out unabated coal” and technologies to capture CO2 emissions so they are not released into the atmosphere. This includes expansion of technology.
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