'Belarus Views Green Economy As Strategic Vector'

Belarus views green economy and low-carbon sustainable development as a strategic vector, Belarusian Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Andrei Khudyk said on Thursday

MINSK, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Dec, 2018 ) :Belarus views green economy and low-carbon sustainable development as a strategic vector, Belarusian Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Minister Andrei Khudyk said on Thursday.

Addressing at the 24th conference of the parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, Andrei Khudyk drew attention to the implementation of the mechanisms of global response to the threat of climate change by the Paris Agreement signatories and the adoption of concrete measures to reach the end goal of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

He also mentioned fight against climate change as a sustainable development goal, according to Belta.

He said Belarus was the first country in the region and the world's 30th country to adopt the Paris Agreement.

"We are committed to sustainable development, which is impossible without resolving climate change problems," said Andrei Khudyk.

In line with the Paris Agreement, Belarus has unconditionally undertaken to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 by at least 28% in comparison with 1990.

A Belarusian delegation led by Andrei Khudyk is taking part in a UN conference on climate change in Katowice, Poland.