Environment

Benin’s economy heavily relies on agriculture, generating about 70% of employment from it as well as 30% of GDP. Yet climate change continues to get in the way of having successful crops, which is why Benin partners with the Climate & Clean Air Coalition (CCAC). Benin has been a partner with CCAC since 2013, and they are continuing to battle climate change. The two ongoing campaigns currently are the BreatheLife Campaign and the Institutional strengthening support with SNAP. The BreatheLife campaign focuses on reducing air pollution to levels deemed safe by the World Health Organization (WHO), by 2030. In order to achieve this goal partners with the campaign are attempting to build awareness, empower individuals about climate change, and increase monitoring to facilitate more sustainable urban development. Those are just a few examples of how they plan to cut down on air pollution. The Institutional strengthing support focuses on building integrated emission inventories and increasing technical and human capacity within government to mitigate short-lived climate pollutants. If these goals are achieved it could mean great things for Benin’s environment, it’ll be interesting to see how this progresses over the next few years.

Sources: CCAC. (n.d.). Benin. Climate & Clean Air Coalition. Retrieved March 22, 2022, from https://www.ccacoalition.org/en/partners/benin

IFAD. (n.d.). Benin. Retrieved March 22, 2022, from https://www.ifad.org/en/web/operations/w/country/benin

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