Kuwait says at COP27 committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2050

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By Yomna Yasser
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Kuwait Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Al Jaber speaks to reporters at the UN climate change summit COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt on Monday, November 7, 2022

Kuwait is committed to reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 in the oil and gas sector and in others by 2060, its Foreign Minister Sheikh Salem Al Jaber told reporters on the sidelines of the UN climate Summit COP27 on Monday.

In remarks to KUNA on the sidelines of the UN climate summit COP27 and the Middle East Green Initiative Summit currently taking place in Egypt, Al Jaber further said that his country has undertaken many projects to protect the environment and reduce emissions. Kuwait will stick to all commitments it has made from the first climate conference in Brazil inc 1992 all the way to the Paris conference in 2015, he added.

He noted that that the participation of Kuwait’s Emir Sheikh Nawaf and Crown Prince Sheikh Mishal in COP27 showed the importance that the country placed on environmental commitments.

 

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