MONROVIA – Civil society organizations (CSOs) will make more inputs into Liberia’s revision of its commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement to cut down carbon emission by 15 percent by 2030. CSOs, predominantly from the forestry sector, made limited inputs in the country’s plan—known as the nationally determined contributions (NDC)—at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Randa Moore, a consultant with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), one of the supporters of Liberia’s revision process, welcomed the involvement of a more inclusive NDC revision process. The world faces a climate change crisis due to increased level of greenhouse gases—mainly carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane—and a large-scale change in average weather patterns. It also promised to lessen the impacts of climate change by making changes in its agricultural practices, monitoring its rainfall pattern and build a coastal defense walls.

Source: Front Page Africa December 18, 2020 07:07 UTC