Algeria's efforts in terms of climate and energy adaptation were highlighted during the work of the African Climate Summit hosted by Kenya from September 4 to 6, and at which the Algerian Ambassador in Nairobi, H.E. Mahi Boumediene took part in his capacity as representative of the Algerian President, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
The African Climate Summit was held under the joint organization of the African Union (AU) and the Republic of Kenya. The decision to hold it was taken during the last AU summit, which was held in Addis Ababa on February 18 and 19 with the aim of providing the African continent with effective mechanisms that can enable it to better defend its interests within the bodies with regard to the climate issue and to raise awareness in the international community on the climate emergency in Africa.
On the occasion of this summit, the head of the Algerian delegation presented during the ministerial panels the efforts of Algeria in terms of climate and energy adaptation, highlighting the various national programs aimed at reducing carbon emissions, promoting renewable energies and expanding the forest area. In this regard, he listed the various national plans for the fight against climate change and energy adaptation, which revolve around the development of clean energies, for which the public authorities have mobilized substantial funds in order to meet the conditions success in their implementation.
The summit recorded in particular the active participation of the Sahrawi delegation, which was led by the President of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Mr. Brahim Ghali. The latter arrived in Nairobi on September 3, where he was welcomed by the Kenyan Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua, at the head of a delegation including, among others, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Sidati. President Ghali has took part with his African counterparts in the presidential segment, during which he gave a speech in which he reviewed the efforts made by the SADR to face climate challenges.
He reiterated the determination of the Saharawi people to carry out his fight until independence, castigating the exclusion of the SADR from climate financing programs and the silence of the international community in the face of the illegal exploitation of the natural resources of Western Sahara by the Moroccan occupier. Mohammed Sidati also took part in the thematic panel alongside other ministers on the issue of the effects of climate change.
