Liberia’s Foreign Minister Dee Maxwell Kemayah says the country remains committed to international climate Change protocols including the Paris climate change Agreement which was signed in 2015.
Minister Kemayah however said Liberia remains a committed party and partner towards the global cause in protecting the planet evidenced of being a party to at least Ten (10) multilateral environmental agreements.
He made specific reference to the Three Rio Conventions including The Convention on Biological Diversity; The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification and The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
According to him, as part of the its commitment the Country took bold step by submitting its revised Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change with an ambition to reduce economy-wide greenhouse gas emissions by 64% below the projected period of 2030.
Foreign Minister Kemayah was speaking recently at the launch of the Stockholm +50 National Consultations in Monrovia.
” We want to once again thank the Government of Sweden for the support to the Stockholm +50 dialogue”, he adds.
The Liberia foreign Minister disclosed that the country remains a net carbon sink, with approximately 6.6 million hectares of forest, which represents 69% of its land mass with a commitment to put 30% of this under protection.
For her part, Swedish State Secretary Jenny Ohlsson stated that the global community is facing climate and natural crisis and such national consultations will enhance the Stockholm +50 meeting which is expected to take place in Stockholm Sweden.
Ms. Ohlsson emphasized the immediate need to take action for the climate and pledged her government continuous contribution towards measures that will tackle climate change and protect the environment.
She expressed that transparency, openness, inclusivity and stakeholder group ownership of national consultations will lead to Stockholm+50 success at the global level.
What is Stockholm +50?
Stockholm +50 is an international meeting convened by the United Nations General Assembly to be held in Stockholm, Sweden from 2-3 June 2022. It will commemorate the 50 years since the 1972 United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, which made the environment a pressing global issue for the first time.
Liberia was part of the Stockholm conference in 1972.
The roots of the Stockholm Conference lie in a 1968 proposal from Sweden that the UN hold an international conference to examine environmental problems and identify those that required international cooperation to solve. The 1972 conference was attended by delegations from 114 governments.
