REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Peace - Work - Fatherland PRESIDENCE OF THE REPUBLIC CIVIL CABINET COMMUNICATION UNIT
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# Evaluating and Financing the Paris Agreement on Climate Change
Paris, 12 December 2017
Participation of the President of the Republic of Cameroon, H.E. Paul BIYA
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# Participation of the President of the Republic of Cameroon in the “One Planet Summit” in Paris
The participation of the Head of State at this summit is in line with his constant and resolute commitment to the protection of the environment in general and the fight against climate change, in particular, which threatens “the survival of the human race”. President Paul BIYA considers the fight against climate disruption as “an emergency”, because the damage caused is irreversible. The Head of State is also convinced that the solutions to this phenomenon must be found in a global framework.
In a speech delivered at COP21 in 2015, President Paul BIYA invited the international community to “action”; to go beyond the debate on responsibility between industrialised and developing countries, even though it would be more important for the industrialised countries. He pointed out that “for developing countries or on the road to emergence among which is Cameroon, the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions remains conditional on the support of the international community, especially the industrialised countries in the form of financing, capacity building and technological transfer”. This means that Cameroon is perfectly comfortable with France’s initiative, which it strongly supports, to organise a summit to mobilise funding for the implementation of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
With regard to this Agreement, it should be pointed out that Cameroon was among the first twenty countries to have ratified it. It was on 12 July 2016.
Priorities for Cameroon
At COP21, President Paul BIYA had brought Cameroon’s voice with
force and relevance. Leader of a country which shelters, in part, the dense forest of the Congo Basin – second lung of the planet, Paul BIYA had reminded to the universal conscience that this forest massif deserves a large attention and the protection of all. “WE MUST SAVE THE CONGO BASIN FORESTS. WE MUST SAVE THE SECOND LUNG OF THE PLANET.” President Paul Biya appealed. Similarly, the Head of State had drew attention to the tragic situation of the Lake Chad whose dramatic shrinking endangers millions of lives in the five countries that share this body of water. President Paul Biya also challenged his peers to “SAVE LAKE CHAD”.