By Nneka Nwogwugwu
South Africa has welcomed the outcomes of the recently concluded Glasgow Climate Conference.
COP26 which provides Parties with a firm basis for the full and effective implementation of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Paris Agreement.
The international community has united behind a shared objective to inject a greater sense of urgency to address the global climate crisis and to do so on the basis of international equity and latest available science.
The concluded Paris Agreement Work Programme will assist Parties to fully implement the Paris Agreement, in the context of a Just Transition and Sustainable Development, leaving no one left behind.
The complex Glasgow package outcome strikes the right balance to accommodate the very different national circumstances and capacities amongst nearly two hundred Parties, so that all are enabled and empowered to contribute their fair share and to enhance their climate ambition.
Leader of the delegation to COP6, Barbara Creecy, Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, expressed South Africa´s congratulations to the United Kingdom for the successful hosting of COP26 in very challenging circumstances in the midst of the global COVID-19 pandemic, as well as her appreciation to President Ramaphosa and other Cabinet colleagues for their guidance and support to the delegation and to all members of the multi-stakeholder Team South Africa for their outstanding work at COP26.
“COP26 sets the international community on the right track to addressing the existential challenge of climate change. For the first time the Governing Bodies of the Convention and Paris Agreement have agreed to the importance of supporting developing countries in financing Just Transition elements of their climate actions, and to support the implementation of Just Transitions that promote sustainable development and the eradication of poverty, the creation of decent work and quality jobs”, said Minister Creecy.
Source: All Africa