Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani said Mauritania is among the countries most affected by climate change and its consequences, which include the environment and food security.
Speaking at the leaders' summit of the 31st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP31), which opened on Wednesday in the Turkish city of Antalya, Ghazouani added that all these factors have helped tear apart the rural economic and social fabric, threaten food security and undermine security because of their negative impact.
He said Mauritania, in cooperation with its partners, is implementing ambitious programmes to strengthen resilience to climate change, mitigate its negative effects and restore degraded land, reviewing the steps the country is taking in this area.
