Angolan President attends climate summit on Congo Basin
Luanda, ANGOLA, April 28 - The Angolan President, Joao Lourenco, is expected on Saturday in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, where he will attend on Sunday the first Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Congo Basin Climate Commission, to take place in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo.
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The Congo Basin Climate Commission is a body set up in November 2016 in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh to promote blue economy programmes and projects, helping to combat poverty among riverside populations and mitigate the effects of climate change.
With approximately 220 million hectares of forest, the region embraced by the Congo Basin is the second ecological lung of the planet, only surpassed by the Amazon.
The referred territory covers 10 Central African countries, namely Angola, Congo, Gabon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda and Tanzania.
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