Meryame Kitir presents Belgian Sahel climate programme in Burkina Faso
PR Newswire
BRUSSELS, 27 October 2021
BRUSSELS, 27 October 2021 / PRN Africa / — During her working visit to Burkina Faso on 26 October, Meryame Kitir, Minister of Development Cooperation and Major Cities Policy, has presented the Belgian regional climate programme for the Sahel. It is the first time that Belgium invests in a regional programme with a specific focus on international climate action.
Development Minister Meryame Kitir is on a working visit in the Sahel where local authorities, civil society and international partners are showing her the impact of climate change. The desert-like Sahel region is particularly vulnerable to climate change. This has serious consequences for local agricultural development in a region, already vulnerable to poverty and armed conflict. A further decline due to prolonged drought and desertification would put even more pressure on the stability of the region and the life prospects of its populations.
Regional action
This is why Kitir presented the Belgian regional climate programme for the Sahel on Tuesday evening in Ouagadougou. This was done in the presence of the Minister for the Environment of Burkina Faso, Siméon Sawadogo. It is the first time that Belgium invests in a regional programme with a specific focus on international climate action. In total, 50 million euros will be spent over a period of five years.
SOURCE Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation, Belgium