{"id":92678,"date":"2023-05-18T20:25:07","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T20:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-signs-climate-change-deal-with-singapore"},"modified":"2023-05-18T20:38:09","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T20:38:09","slug":"kenya-signs-climate-change-deal-with-singapore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/all-news\/kenya-signs-climate-change-deal-with-singapore","title":{"rendered":"Kenya signs climate change deal with Singapore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. <\/strong><\/span>President William Ruto on Thursday signed an MOU on Carbon Credit Collaboration with Singapore. The MoU, which is set to be in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, provides a framework for the trade of carbon credits between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a joint presser in Kenya, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, emphasized the importance of the MoU in the fight to achieve low carbon emissions in the two states.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe MoU allows Singapore to take advantage of carbon credits which Kenya will be able to provide,\u201d Loong said.<\/p>\n<p>The Prime Minister further expressed the need to address the Climate change crisis in the whole world terming it as a \u2018very serious problem.\u2019 \u201cHuman beings, wildlife, and cattle are threatened when the climate gets extreme,\u201d the Prime Minister stated.<\/p>\n<p>President Ruto stressed Kenya\u2019s position on Climate change. Calling on cooperative action by both governments, Ruto termed climate change as the greatest existential threat to the survival of mankind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur Ministers have signed an MOU on Carbon Credit Collaboration, which provides a framework for the trading of carbon credits between our two countries in line with the stipulation of the Paris Agreement,\u201d Ruto said.<\/p>\n<p>Under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, Kenya will be able to transfer carbon credits earned from the reduction of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions to help Singapore meet its Nationally Determined Contributions (NCS).<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Loong expressed his support for the African Climate Action Summit set to be held in Nairobi as from September 4 to 6. \u201cThe summit will cohere a common African position for COP 28 including an articulation of climate finance and climate investment solutions for climate action,\u201d Ruto added.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\">Kenya<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Kenya. President William Ruto on Thursday signed an MOU on Carbon Credit Collaboration with Singapore. The MoU, which is set to be in line with Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, provides a framework for the trade of carbon credits between the two countries. 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