Pre-Cop 27: "the future of the global ecosystem belongs to the DRC, country-solution to climate regulation", says Godard Motemona, Deputy Minister of Mines
Saturday 8 October 2022 - 07:02
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Godard Motemona, Deputy Minister of Mines of the DRC. Ph. Third Party Rights.
As a prelude to the COP 27 scheduled for 7 to 18 November 2022 in Egypt, the Congolese government in partnership with Egypt organized in Kinshasa at the Palais du peuple the preparatory work to mark the way to this major event on the climate.
Speaking at this rostrum, Godard Motemona, Deputy Minister of Mines painted the picture of the mineral resources of the DRC, Country-solution to the global climate regulation while welcoming the commitment of the Head of State on climate issues.
He added:
At the COP26 held in Glasgow, the President of the Republic, Head of State, presented the DRC as a "solution country" to the climate change that is currently raging in the world, thanks to its various natural resources, including its forest massif, its renewable energy potential and its green mineral reserves."
For the Deputy Minister of Mines, Godard motemona the soil and subsoil of the Democratic Republic of Congo are full of numerous and diversified mineral resources including non-ferrous metals, ferrous metals, precious stones, minerals of energy resources. Among these resources, those exploited to date include: copper, cobalt, zinc, gold, diamonds, tin and coltan.
He also said that the DRC has Lithium resources estimated at 400 million tons. This metal is used in the manufacture of electric batteries for the storage of wind, solar and geothermal energy. Metals such as nickel and manganese, whose mineral reserves are not known to date, are also used in the manufacture of electric batteries. The same is true of rare earths, including monazite, which are used in the manufacture of permanent magnets for motors and electric generators in wind and solar energy.
For her part, the VPM, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Eve Bazaiba circumscribed the context of the 27th Conference of the Parties while indicating that the DRC has the forests and minerals to deal with climate change. For her, we cannot talk about climate requirements now without including the DRC.
It should be noted that two distinguished guests took part in this session, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Simon Stiell, and the Minister of the Environment of the Republic of Congo, Arlette Sudan Nonault. All welcomed the Commitment of the Congolese Government in the fight against climate change and the protection of natural mineral resources for the energy transition.