Cote d'Ivoire

Oil & Gas

• In 2019, Côte d’Ivoire formally announced their membership in the Global Methane Alliance. The Ministry of the Environment of Côte d’Ivoire hosted the alliance’s high-level regional meeting in Abidjan, which brought together key country leaders from regional governments, representatives from national and international oil companies, and local and international experts to discuss methane reduction targets in the oil and gas sector.

Air Pollution

• In 2018, in collaboration with the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN), Côte d’Ivoire published a Strategy for the Reduction of Air Pollution in Abidjan. This involved developing maps for air quality monitoring equipment in high-risk areas, drafting frameworks for air quality regulations, a strategy for air quality monitoring, and an air quality management plan that included recommendations.

Heavy-Duty Vehicles

• In 2020, Côte d’Ivoire adopted a new regulation through the Energy Ministry to raise resources to improve fuel quality in Côte d’Ivoire, particularly reducing sulphur content in diesel in line with the regional agreement forged the same year when the environment and energy ministers of all the 15 countries of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), met in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and adopted a comprehensive set of regulations for introducing cleaner fuels and vehicles in the region.
• In 2017, Côte d’Ivoire adopted a decree to limit the age of used vehicles for importation or general use. The measure became fully effective in 2018.
• In 2017, Abidjan joined 20 other cities in a scheme through which four of the world’s largest bus and engine manufacturers committed to making it easier for major cities to purchase buses equipped with low emissions technologies, in order to tackle climate change and toxic air pollution.
• In 2016, Côte d’Ivoire was one of 36 countries to recognize and fully endorsed the Global Sulfur Strategy’s approach and targets, pledging to reduce black carbon emissions with cleaner diesel fuels and vehicles.
• In 2016, Côte d’Ivoire, along with four other West African countries, agreed to ban importing dirty fuels from Europe. Strict standards were introduced to ensure cleaner, low-sulphur diesel fuels and vehicles emission standards. These actions will dramatically reduce vehicle emissions and help more than 250 million people breathe safer, cleaner air.

Energy

• In 2018, the government signed an agreement to build a 25-MW solar plant near the town of Korhogo to meet growing electricity demand without increasing emissions.

Agriculture

• In 2018, Côte d’Ivoire prepared its second phase national agricultural investment plan (PNIA 2) which will cost an estimated $22 billion and aims to create a more competitive, equitable, and sustainable agriculture that includes climate smart agricultural practices.

Climate Finance

• In 2020, a workshop held in Jacqueville helped train and establish a pool of national experts to develop successful projects for climate funds such as the Green Climate Fund. The meeting was organized by the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development with technical support from the Commission of the Economic Community of West African States and brought together more than thirty participants from various organizations.
• In 2016, Côte d’Ivoire’s REDD+ Strategy of 2016 included $24 million in grants and concessional financing that focused on curbing destructive activities such as illegal logging in natural forests, reducing the amount of wood for household use, promoting forest cover restoration and conservation activities through agroforestry, improved forest management, and alternative sources of income for rural communities.