Algeria plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 14% by 2035 using domestic resources and could increase the reduction to 31% with international support, state news agency APS reported on Thursday.
President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced the targets in a message read by Prime Minister Sifi Ghrieb at the COP31 climate conference in Antalya.
The targets are part of Algeria’s nationally determined contribution, its climate action plan under the Paris Agreement.
Tebboune said Algeria had used domestic funds to launch the first phase of a programme aimed at bringing the country’s renewable energy capacity to 15,000 megawatts by 2035.
He also cited the adoption of a national hydrogen strategy, measures to improve energy efficiency and expand public transport, and efforts to strengthen water security through seawater desalination and the reuse of treated wastewater.
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