Speaking to reporters in Dar es Salaam on his first visit to the country, UN Environment Programme (UNEP), Executive Director, Erik Solheim said that UNEP is the leading global environment authority that sets the global environment agenda.
“The discovering of gas reserved in Tanzania should be use as stepping stone to employment, business opportunity and as a tool to alleviate poverty,” he noted.
He commended that the efforts taken by the government through local municipalities for setting an area in the outskirt of city center Pugu Dampo as a permanently place for cabbage without destructing the environment of the Dar es Salaam city.
Solheim added that the UN environment works with a wide range of partners, including United Nations entities, international organizations, national governments, non-governmental organizations, the private sector and civil society.
He added hope that “other leaders will be inspired to pick up the baton and ensure that Africa’s rich natural resources can be conserved, and thus serve as the foundation for a sustainable future and food security for all on the continent.”
United Nations Environment Programme, Executive Director, Erik Solheim (right) speaks to reporters at the news conference held in Dar es Salaam on his official visit to Tanzania on Global environmental agenda, on his right, UN Resident Coordinator, Alvaro Rodriguez.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), National Coordination Officer, Ms Clara Makenya (right) when she stressed a point to reporters during the press conference held in Dar es Salaam on the official visit to UN Environment Head Erik Solheim to Tanzania. Second left is UNEP, Executive Director, Erik Solheim, far left, UN Resident Coordinator, Alvaro Rodriguez.
TANZANIA should adapt recycling waste policy, increasing uses of gas instead of charcoal for cooking as a long term solution on ensuring sustainable environmental protection to tape the pressing challenge of climate change.
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