Rome - Angola's representative to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), Maria de Fátima Jardim, Monday encouraged developed countries to support agriculture and resilience programmes for food systems, weakened by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fátima Jardim made this appeal at the forum "The role of the agricultural sectors in achieving the Paris Agreement and rebuilding better", promoted by the FAO, in the framework of the celebrations of the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.
During the event, the Angolan diplomat urged developed countries and major greenhouse gas emitters to support the financing of national contributions to the mitigation and adaptation of agriculture and programmes to support the resilience of food systems.
Also the Angolan ambassador to Italy called for support for family farming, inclusion and increased employment, so that poverty, hunger and the economies weakened by the Covid-19 pandemic could be tackled.
Fátima Jardim noted that Angola had a strategy for climate change, which proposed reducing emissions by up to 35% and was committed to the Paris Agreement, which included a national strategy to combat poverty, provide food security and energy security.
According to the diplomat, Angola joined in Marrakech (Morocco) several African initiatives, which are a commitment to climate and sustainable development, such as the Congo Basin Climate Commission, where most of the tropical forests are located, currently considered to be the second biggest carbon reservoir that accounts for 8 percent of the planet's emissions.
