The country's adherence was revealed, this Thursday, by the director and leader of Programs for Africa from GGGI, Mallé Fofana, at the end of an audience with the vice-president of the Republic, Esperança da Costa.
"We are here to represent GGGI, which launched the worldwide campaign 'Blue Skies and Net Zero 2050'. Angola is the first African country to embrace this initiative, and we received the necessary institutional support from the Vice President of the Republic. The meeting was very satisfactory, as representatives of companies, members of civil society, and development partners were also present, which demonstrates the commitment of the country, as a whole, to the preservation and protection of the environment", he indicated, quoted in a communiqué from the Vice-Presidency of the Republic, which VerAngola had access to.
According to the note, at the meeting - where the two discussed "ways to promote inclusive and sustainable development in developing countries, and a global transition to a green growth model" - the director and leader of Programs for South Africa GGGI highlighted Angola's commitment "to green growth and its leadership in implementing the Paris agreement" on climate change.
The basis for choosing Angola as the first African country to join the initiative, according to the statement, was the fact that the country has specific legislation in the field of the environment. "For the choice of Angola as the first African nation to embrace the initiative, the fact that the country has specific legislation in the field of the environment, with emphasis on the National Program for Environmental Quality, which includes the air component and involves the pollution in cities, rural areas and others, the diploma on the Promotion of Green Spaces, which extends to the level of municipalities and communes, and the national programs for Environmental Standardization and Environmental Technologies", reads the note.
In addition, "the fact that the National Strategy for climate change has already included actions from a multisectoral point of view, and that the President of the Republic, João Lourenço, took on this responsibility, by establishing the National Commission on Climate Change also contributed. and Biodiversity," adds the statement.
In practical terms, initiatives such as Canal do Cafu (intended to improve access to water for the population and the local community), the renewable energy program recently launched in Benguela, "the Soyo combined cycle, the Laúca project, the of the Congo Basin, which surrounds the Maiombe forest – under the leadership of Angola there is the Maiombe initiative – are also factors that led Angola to be chosen by the GGGI as the first country on the continent" to join the referred campaign.
The 'Blue Skies and Net Zero 2050', which is included in one of the resolutions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, is related to pollution, "in conjunction with the recommendations of the General Assembly for the Environment last year, and is essentially , institutional training and fundraising for the implementation of projects aimed at making cities greener and skies bluer", the statement also states.
