Algerian Prime Minister Ghrieb highlights the launch of renewable energy projects and calls for climate funding and technology transfers
Algerian Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb said on Thursday that his country was aiming for a 31% reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, subject to international support, and 14% unconditionally, on its national resources.
Speaking at COP31, in Antalya, in Türkiye, Ghrieb stressed that Algeria was already suffering the effects of climate change, through desertification, recurring droughts and the multiplication of forest fires, which threaten its water and food security.
He said the country had undertaken « the implementation of the first phase of a national program to produce 15,000 megawatts of renewable energy by 2035 ».
Algeria has also adopted a « national hydrogen strategy and measures to improve energy efficiency and reduce gas burn-in as well as methane emissions, » he added.
Ghrieb also highlighted the desalination of seawater and the reuse of wastewater to preserve water security, as well as the relaunch of the Green Dam project to combat desertification.
A « fair energy transition requires international climate funding, technology transfers and capacity building, » he insisted, warning that Algeria’s scale of needs exceeded its national resources.
« There is no contradiction between development and climate action, provided that the transition is flexible and gradual and receives the necessary support, » he said.
COP31 is held from November 9 to 20 in Antalya, a seaside resort on the Turkish Mediterranean coast. It brings together global leaders, government officials and negotiators around emission reduction, adaptation and climate finance.
