Ethiopia's Afforestation Program Model for Global Climate Action, Says Ambassador Umer

Addis Ababa December 9/2023 (ENA) Ethiopia's re-greening and afforestation program is a model for global climate action, Ethiopia's special envoy to the United Arab Emirate (UAE) Umer Hussein said.

At a sideline event hosted at the Green Legacy Pavilion in Dubai COP28, the ambassador said the Green Legacy Initiative (GLI) is the best way of tackling climate change in a nature-based approach.

The side event was opened by Ambassador Umer who is Ethiopia's Special Envoy and Statutory to the United Arab Emirate (UAE) stated that the country's re-greening and afforestation program as a model case for climate action.

 

In her key note speech, Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) Deputy Director, Dyveke Rogan said "Ethiopia's Green Legacy Initiative serves as an extraordinary commitment that serves a wider range of ecological wellbeing.”

Representatives from the World Bank Group, United Nations Environmental Program and the International Organization for Migration have also showed solidarity to support Ethiopia's nature based solutions to climate action in their speeches at the event. 

Ethiopia’s Green Legacy Initiative represents a proactive response to pressing environmental and socio-economical challenges.

The initiative has registered remarkable success by planting 32.5 billion seedlings over the past five years, and targets to plant 50 billion by 2026.