National Assembly Member of Parliament (MP) Khaled AlTammar stressed on the importance of supporting solutions aimed at reducing carbon emissions, explaining that Kuwait presented a document at a national level in 2021 to reduce those emissions for 2020-2035.
This came in the participation of MP Al-Tamar during his representation of the Kuwaiti caucus in Committee for Sustainable Development, Finance and Trade meeting of the 146th InterParliamentary Union Conference (IPU) in Bahrain.
Al-Tammar said that this step would help in avoiding carbon dioxide emissions of about 3.6 gigatons per year over the period of 2020-2050, contributing about 14 percent of the target required to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius by 2030.
The Kuwaiti document to reduce carbon emissions affirms its full commitment to the decisions of the Paris Agreement, as it reduced its emissions by 7.4 percent of its total carbon emissions for the year 2035, added Al-Tammar.
He mentioned that Kuwait Environment Public Authority is working on preparing a national low-carbon strategy by 2050, in cooperation with UN environmental program to reduce carbon emissions on a national level.
He stressed the need to stop the unjust deforestation of forests for economic and commercial goals, indicating that agriculture is being affected by high heat waves resulting from global warming, which threatens the sustainability of agricultural systems and its ability to provide food security.
The Kuwaiti caucus participating in the 146th IPU Conference, is chaired by Undersecretary Thamer Al-Dhufairi, Secretary Dr. Mohammad Al-Mahan, Treasurer Hamad Al-Obaid, and MPs Khaled Al-Tamar and MP Jenan Bu Shehri.
Source: KUNA
