Ivorian green projects presented to financial partners at COP31
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Fraternité Matin
Vice-President Tiémoko Meyliet Koné presented Ivory Coast’s national portfolio of green projects to technical and financial partners in Antalya on 12 November. He also held talks with officials from two major international climate finance mechanisms, according to Fratmat.info.
At COP31 in Antalya, Ivorian Vice-President Tiémoko Meyliet Koné symbolically handed over the national portfolio of green projects to the technical and financial partners present at the Ivorian pavilion on Thursday 12 November, according to Fraternité Matin.
The meeting, initiated by the Ministry of Water and Forests, aims to mobilise funding for concrete investment in the conservation and enhancement of natural resources. Minister of Water and Forests Jacques Assahoré Konan said that nature is both a heritage to be preserved and a capital capable of creating value, jobs and income, while strengthening the resilience of populations to climate change. Partners included the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the West African Development Bank (BOAD), the African Union, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the African Development Bank (AfDB).
The Vice-President then held talks with officials from two major international climate finance mechanisms, including the managing director of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF), Tariye Gbadegesin.
Ivory Coast had presented a ten-year climate review on 11 November, two days before this meeting. COP31 is being held in Antalya, where the Turkish presidency wants to rapidly finance climate implementation.
