Autonomous Region of Príncipe presents project at COP26

The Autonomous Region of Príncipe, of São Tomé and Príncipe, will present today the Carbon Sustainability Roadmap for Príncipe Island during a side event at COP26, which is taking place in Glasgow, Scotland.

This project, implemented by the Regional Directorate for the Environment and Nature Conservation of the Autonomous Region of Príncipe, in partnership with the African Foundation, funded by the Portuguese Environmental Fund, promotes sustainable growth based on climate action.

The Carbon Sustainability Roadmap aims to create a participatory decision-support tool able to contribute to the economic growth of the Autonomous Region of Príncipe along a low-emissions path.

At present, the Autonomous Region of Príncipe is a carbon sink, but future projections indicate that this status may be lost if no action is taken. COP26 takes place six years after the Paris Agreement, which set the goal of limiting the rise in the planet’s average global temperature to between 1.5 °C and 2 °C above pre-industrial levels.

Despite the commitments made, greenhouse gas concentrations reached record levels in 2020.