Kuwait to adopt national low carbon strategy until 2050

Kuwait to adopt national low carbon strategy until 2050

GLASGOW: HH the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah’s Representative, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, affirmed Kuwait’s keenness to adopt a national low-carbon strategy until 2050. During his speech at the United Nations Climate Change Conference 2021 (COP26), the Amir’s Representative said the national strategy is based on a circular carbon economy to promote the reduction, disposal, reuse and recycling of greenhouse gases. The strategy will be supported by the enactment of relevant legislation and laws to reduce emissions and adapt to their negative effects at the national level, in line with local, regional and international environmental obligations, Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled said.

Sheikh Sabah added climate change is one of the serious challenges facing the international community at this time, and combating it has become a priority for all countries. “The State of Kuwait, in compliance with the Paris Climate Agreement, updated its contributions document on October 12, 2021, whereby Kuwait contributes to a package of development projects based on a vision that would avoid an increase in greenhouse gases equivalent to 7.4 percent of its total emissions until 2035,” the Kuwaiti prime minister said.

Sheikh Sabah said Kuwait attaches great importance to diversifying the country’s energy sources