Ivory Coast presents ten-year climate action review
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on AIP
Ivory Coast Environment Minister Abou Bamba took part in a session in Antalya on the ten-year review of the implementation of the Paris Agreement in Ivory Coast. The meeting presented sectoral progress and the country’s investment priorities, according to AIP.
Ivory Coast presented on 10 November in Antalya, Turkey, the results of ten years of implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change, during a session organised on the sidelines of the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31). The meeting highlighted the integration of climate issues into national policies and several sectoral results, according to the Ivorian Press Agency (AIP).
Ivory Coast ratified the Paris Agreement on 25 October 2016. Since then, the country has incorporated a climate pillar into its 2026-2030 National Development Plan and attached a climate-sensitive statement to its 2026 budget, according to the executive secretary of the National Commission to Combat Climate Change, Alex Mayeul Lagaud.
On the legislative front, Ivory Coast has adopted a national law on climate change, becoming, according to the Commission, the third country in West Africa and the ninth African country to adopt such legislation. In the energy sector, measures implemented helped reduce emissions by 816 kilotonnes of CO2 in 2023, while 142,256 hectares were reforested between 2021 and 2026, according to data presented during the session.
