{"id":20787,"date":"2022-12-15T12:23:22","date_gmt":"2022-12-15T12:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/us-africa-thematic-session-conservation-climate-adaptation-and-a-just-energy-transition"},"modified":"2022-12-15T12:58:18","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T12:58:18","slug":"us-africa-thematic-session-conservation-climate-adaptation-and-a-just-energy-transition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/seychelles\/all-news\/us-africa-thematic-session-conservation-climate-adaptation-and-a-just-energy-transition","title":{"rendered":"US-Africa Thematic Session: Conservation, Climate Adaptation and a Just Energy Transition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Seychelles. <\/strong><\/span>President Wavel Ramkalawan, currently in Washington, DC attending the US-Africa Leaders’ Summit, on Monday afternoon participated in the thematic session held at the Washington Convention Centre under the banner themed \u2018Building Our Green Future Together\u2019.<\/b><\/p>\n

The segment focused on three main overarching themes: Conservation, Climate Adaptation, and a Just Energy Transition, where members of the various high-level panel exchanged views.<\/p>\n

Moderated by Hayde\u0301 FitzPatrick, from Voice of America, the thematic session was officially launched by the US secretary of state, T. H Anthony Blinken, who delivered the welcoming remarks followed by remarks by the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Felix Tshisekedi and the chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, T.H Gregory Meeks.<\/p>\n

During his intervention on Conservation, the highlight of President Wavel Ramkalawan’s statement stressed on the significant efforts undertaken by Seychelles as an African small island developing state (Sids) in order to maximise conservation of both its land mass and oceanic territories while also promoting the country\u2019s economic growth.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately when we talk of Africa we sometimes forget about the islands \u2013 we talk of the Congo Basin, the Green Belt and others \u2013 and we forget that the oceanic states and islands play an important role. When we talk of trees, the sea grass meadows remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than trees. For example right now Seychelles and Mauritius are jointly managing the Saya de Malha bank where the sea grass meadow is larger than Switzerland. Seychelles is also already protecting 32% of its ocean, which is equivalent to a size larger than Zimbabwe. As part of our commitment, as from 2023, small Seychelles will be protecting 100% of its mangroves and also the sea grass meadows,\u201d President Ramkalawan noted.<\/p>\n

President Ramkalawan went on to explain that despite its size, Seychelles is not only talking about saving the planet but rather playing an active role through the application of concrete actions of increasing the percentage of its territory dedicated to conservation and protection, implementing quotas for exploiting marine resources and the relentless commitment to cleaning up the atmosphere to ensure the survival of not only its islands and the world. \u201cSeychelles is net zero. I like it when I hear countries say they will be net zero in 2030, 2040, 2050 or 2060. We are already there and at the same time we are cleaning up the emissions of the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The session explored ways that the governments and peoples of the United States and African nations are partnering to address conservation, climate adaptation, and the just energy transition based on shared priorities.<\/p>\n

The discussion identified ways to better integrate natural resource planning and infrastructure development, including clean energy. These areas include 1) conservation based on forests and wildlife and protecting Africa\u2019s waters \u2013 ending Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing; 2) climate adaptation and 3) the clean energy transition.<\/p>\n

On President Ramkalawan\u2019s panel of discussion on the Conservation theme also included the administrator of United States Agency for International Development (USAID), T.H Samantha Power, and the chief executive of Africa Wildlife Federation (AWF), Kaddu Sebunya.<\/p>\n

Other African heads of state who also addressed the floor on other proposed themes on the agenda included Zambia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Seychelles<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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