The administrator of the Environmental Agency of the United States of America, the highest authority on climate issues (Environmental Protection Agency), has been in Maputo since this Sunday.Michael S. Regan, is on a visit to establish contacts and partnerships with government and civil society actors, to strengthen cooperation to mitigate environmental problems in the country. Regan, who arrives in Mozambique as part of a trip to the African continent, which includes Ghana, said that the visit is part of the Biden government’s response to fulfilling the promises made two years ago, during the US-Africa summit, in for climate action.”I am excited to represent the Biden-Harris Administration on this mission to Africa, to promote and establish an increasingly lasting relationship between the United States and this continent, on sustainability issues”, said Michael Regan. “Mozambique and Ghana are important partners in our collective work to ensure that economic development and environmental protection go hand in hand” he stressed. The new partnership’s priorities are aspects that include “the development of clean energy, the protection of clean air, encouraging responsible mining of critical minerals and the recycling of materials from plastics and electronic waste.” At the beginning of his work in Mozambique, Regan met with the Minister of Land and Environment, Ivete Maibaze, and it was soon established, the signing of a memorandum of understanding to establish the strategic lines of the new stage of cooperation. (RM)Source:Rádio Moçambique Online
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