Africa-Press – Tanzania. ANALYSTS have expressed their optimism that President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s participation in the 26th United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) will bring multiple benefits to the country.
They said, with the Head of State participating in the summit, Tanzania will be able to learn and adopt modern strategies on addressing climate change.
President Samia on Saturday left the country for Glasgow, Scotland for COP 26, where she is also scheduled to address the summit on Tuesday, November 2, this year.
A statement issued by the Acting Director of Presidential Communications, Mr Jackson Msangula on Friday had it that the Head of State is also expected to meet with her counterparts from different countries for bilateral talks.
This becomes her second trip outside Africa. In September this year President Samia attended the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) held in New York in the United States (US).
Commenting on President Samia’s trip to Scotland, a lecturer at the Tumaini University Dar es Salaam College (Tudarco), Rachel Yusuph Mariam said Tanzania will also be in a position to share its experience and suggestions and the position towards curbing the effects of climate change.
“This is a great opportunity that Tanzania is going to use through President Samia’s interactions with other leaders in the world.
She might use the platform on lobbying for environmental conservation programmes to be implemented in the country,” she said.
Ms Rachel also commended President Samia for her continued efforts to work together with global leaders on pushing forward national agenda on development and social affairs.
“Since the President will get an opportunity to address the summit and meet with heads of institutions, organisations and business people, she will be in a position to market Tanzania and expose all the available opportunities for business and investments,” noted the pundit.
Her comments were seconded by Dr Paul Lousilie who lectures at the University of Dodoma (UDOM), saying the trip will also play a role to enhance Tanzania’s multilateral ties.
Dr Lousilie is of the view that the President is working hard to maintain Tanzanian’s interaction with the global community for mutual benefit.
“We shall also learn on different modalities on facing climate change. Tanzania will also share its own experience and views… this is a win-win scenario,” he told the ‘Sunday News’.
Expounding further, he said that apart from discussing climate change, Tanzania will also share with members of international communities steps it has taken to face Covid-19 on its efforts to attract investment and more business.
The COP26 summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
During the UNGA Summit in September, President Samia called on the members of the global community not to take for granted the importance of fighting the natural calamities.
In her speech, she called on developed countries to fulfill climate finance goals of donating $100bn by 2025 to facilitate the implementation of the Paris Agreement.
“And now African countries want a new system to track funding from wealthy nations that are failing to meet a $100bn annual target to help the developing world tackle climate change,” said in a statement by Tanguy Gahouma, the Chair of the African Group of Negotiators at COP26.
He said that African countries want a new system to track funding from wealthy nations that are failing to meet the $100bn annual target to help the developing world tackle climate change
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