UK grants Sudan £10 million to combat negative effects of climate change

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Wednesday 16 Dec 2015 - 19:06 Makkah mean time-5-3-1437 Photo: SUNA Khartoum (IINA) – British Ambassador in Khartoum Michael Aron announced a financial grant worth £10 million for Sudan, via the British Ministry of International Cooperation, to contribute in combating the negative effects of the climate change on the country. During the reception ceremony organized by the British Embassy in Khartoum, Aron commended the efforts of the Sudan's government, represented by the Minister of Environment and Urban Development Hassan Abdel Gader Hilal, who took part in the UN Climate Change Conference, (COP21) held in Paris, from 30 November to 12 December. In statement to Sudan News Agency (SUNA), the British ambassador noted that Sudan had played a significant role in the conference through its active participation in the negotiations that ended very successfully in mobilizing support for the developing countries to cope with world's climate change and its devastating negative effects. On his part, the minister of environment thanked the French and British embassies for their great support to Sudan to face the climate change and the big environmental problems it causes, such as drought, desertification and biodiversity decline, and their direct relation with the people livelihood. He pointed to the formation of a joint committee between his ministry and the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) – the implementing agency for the grant program and the donor representative of the office of the Department for International Development-UK (DFID) in Sudan. Hilal pledged to follow up the work of this committee himself and provide every assistance to facilitate the implementation of its four-year program. He considered this grant as a beginning of a fruitful cooperation between Sudan and the UK, expecting other programs in the future in case of the ideal utilization of the current program for the benefit of the country's development. AB/IINA