Madar (Nouakchott) - Mauritania's Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development signed a cooperation agreement with her Djiboutian counterpart on Saturday, 14 November 2026, on the sidelines of the 31st Conference of the Parties on climate change (COP31) in Antalya, Turkey, according to the Mauritanian News Agency (AMI).
The agreement aims, according to the same source, to consolidate bilateral cooperation and the exchange of expertise in climate action by strengthening the institutional and technical capacities of the two countries.
It also provides for the development of national mechanisms for carbon governance and valorisation, in line with each country's development priorities and climate commitments.
The agency presented the partnership as part of a drive to strengthen African cooperation on climate action and to develop national tools allowing states to benefit from the economic and financing opportunities offered by carbon markets, within a framework that preserves their sovereignty.
The source gave no details on the agreement's implementation timeline or on any specific projects linked to it.
