President Sassou Nguesso calls for unique African voice on climate change

Abstract

The President of the Republic of Congo – Denis Sassou Nguesso, in his capacity as Chair of the Congo Basin Climate Commission. President Sassou Nguesso said Africa, through the dense forest countries of the Congo Basin, was already making the required efforts to preserve these ecosystems for the ecological health of the entire planet. The 17-member country Commission launched the Congo Basin Blue Fund in March 2017, to mobilize resources to finance its programmes in the areas of the blue economy (economic activities related to ocean and inland water resources, and transport by water routes etc) and the green economy (sectors related to forest management, clean energy, ecotourism, etc), with the ultimate goal of alleviating poverty. ECA’s Executives Secretary commended President Sassou Nguesso on championing the Africa Communication and Information Platform for Health and Economic Action (ACIP), a continental tool that harnesses real-time anonymized data on COVID-19 to inform decision making at national and regional levels.