The country continued to move forward with this commitment, working with the CCAC in their First Biennial Update Report in 2018 to develop a strategy on SLCP mitigation. In 2015, Côte d’Ivoire became one of 15 countries to specifically address SLCPs, air pollution, and the variety of co-benefits their mitigation provides in their Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) as well as committing to developing a national action plan to address them.
This reality motivated the country to join the CCAC’s SNAP initiative which helped identify priority areas to take action, including the waste sector, transportation, refineries, health, and urban planning. This is why taking it into account in preparing the next National Development Plan and in strengthening our ambition to global climate goals in our NDC is a priority for us.”Īir pollution is a serious health concern in Cote D’Ivoire, responsible for an estimated 34,000 premature deaths in 2016, which included 8,000 children’s deaths from respiratory infection. “The National Action Plan to Reduce SLCPs is of strategic importance for development in Cote d’Ivoire. “Cote d’Ivoire does not intend to be on the side lines of efforts to meet the challenges of climate change and air pollution,” said Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development Joseph Séka Séka. Since 2013, Côte d’Ivoire has been working with the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) to reduce short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) and air pollution, thereby improving the food security, health, and development of their citizens and people around the world.