IPNEWS: The Head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Professor Wilson Tarpeh has disclosed that the EPA has secured US$25 Million for a coastal protection climate change project in West Point Township.
Of the total amount, US$17 million comes from the United Nations Climate Fund. Professor Tarpeh said EPA is now recruiting a consultant to conduct a hydro-theological study of the project in order to know the time and quality of investment that has to be done.
Speaking at the Ministry of Information’s regular briefing on Thursday, November 24, the EPA Boss said the Agency secured an additional US$10 million dollars for coastal protection of climate specifically for the city of Greenville in Sinoe County, Southeast Liberia.
That project is funded by Global Climate Funds (GCF) and will be channeled through the United Nations Development Program. The project is intended to protect the coastal community and infrastructure in Greenville.
According to Prof. Tarpeh, because of the Ministry of Mines and Energy’s expertise, they have to build the administrative center for where the project is located.
He revealed that the program will be launched on Monday, November 25, 2022, at the St. Peter’s Lutheran Church on 13th Street, Sinkor in Monrovia.
Additionally, he added that the delegation that was headed by President Weah to COP27, has returned, adding that the President at the conference reiterated his call for developed countries to give their share of contribution to climate change activity.
He made reference to pledges made by developed countries in the amount of US$100 billion dollars at the conference, explaining that the money will be provided annually so that developing countries that are victims of the impact of climate change will have some facilities to adopt and go through mitigation.
He noted due to President Weah’s previous engagement at the conference, Liberia received US$ 8.5 million to cope with three areas of climate change in the country namely, land deprivation, climate change and biodiversity.
He averred besides the US$8.5 million coming to Liberia, there was a general allocation of US$30 million to Liberia from the Global Environment Fund, saying “The fund is intended to help Liberia cope with the adverse impact of climate change.”
Prof. Tarpeh also noted that if you combine the two figures – 8.5M and 20 million United State Dollars, it will aggregate to US$25.8 million which will be coming to Liberia for re-appropriation.
Meanwhile, the EPA boss has disclosed that within the next week, and based on instructions from President Weah, a Liberian delegation will be attending the Cop15, which is the convention on biological biodiversity, to be held in Canada.
