Oman affirms its support for all international efforts on Climate Change in Geneva

Geneva: The Sultanate of Oman affirmed its commitment to support all international efforts, and to implement the provisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 2015 Paris Agreement, and is making tireless efforts to reduce the challenges of climate change.

The Sultanate of Oman explained in a speech before the 55th session of the Human Rights Council delivered by His Excellency Ambassador Idris bin Abdul Rahman Al Khanjari, Permanent Representative of the Sultanate of Oman to the United Nations and other international organizations in Geneva, that it encourages investment in sustainable agriculture to enhance the capabilities of human societies to adapt to climate change.

We must work to consolidate biodiversity in order to reduce dependence on chemical inputs, and improve food distribution systems and market infrastructure in order to ensure effective and equitable distribution of food, especially in times of shocks and disasters related to climate change.

His Excellency stressed that the Sultanate of Oman calls for the need to unify regional and international efforts aimed at building a sustainable world for future generations, and to achieve this purpose, it announced the year 2050 as a goal to achieve zero neutrality in greenhouse gas emissions in all development sectors, and adopted the goals of the 2030 Sustainable Development Plan, especially the goals Environmentally related: 13, 14, 15.

His Excellency explained that food insecurity in the Gaza Strip as a result of the aggression and blockade imposed by Israel and the resulting pollution, especially since the war machine uses internationally banned white phosphorus, kills civilians, and burns agricultural lands and old trees, contributes to climate change and air pollution significantly in these lands.