Source: Saba News Agency
The member of the Presidential Leadership Council, Dr. Abdullah Al-Alimi, affirmed the Yemeni government’s commitment to leading national strategies to address the negative impacts of climate change by strengthening institutional capacities and adopting sustainable policies aimed at adapting to climate changes and mitigating their effects, improving the management of natural resources, and developing the capacities of local communities to face disasters, especially in rural and coastal areas.
Dr. Abdullah Al-Alimi said in the speech he delivered on Tuesday at the opening of the Climate Change Summit (COP29) held in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, “Preserving our planet is not an option, but a duty upon us all. Earth is our home and the legacy we will leave for our future generations. We believe that facing these challenges requires extensive and serious international cooperation, and facing these challenges is not just an investment in the present, but an investment in our shared future.”
He added, “Yemen is plagued by deep crises (political, security, economic, and humanitarian) that also intersect with a global climate crisis represented by waves of drought, accelerating desertification, rising temperatures and sea levels, and destructive hurricanes, all of which are factors exacerbated by complex climate changes. All of this has increased the fragility of our humanitarian and economic situation resulting from a war that has been ongoing for more than ten years, ignited by the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist militia.”
The member of the Leadership Council pointed out that talking about the reality of our planet cannot ignore the effects of wars and grave violations on the future of human life, a picture embodied by the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and Lebanon as a crime against humanity and nature alike, a crime against life.
