Le 1 ^er juillet 2024, la ministre de l' Environnement, du Développement durable et du Bassin du Congo, Arlette Soudan-Nonault, discussed with the Ivorian minister in Brazzaville of the Environment, Sustainable Development and Ecological Transition, Jacques Assahoré Konan. Exchanges focused on the protection and development of marine and coastal areas in the West and Central African region as well as on the Conference of the Parties on Climate Change (COP 29).

Minister Jacques Assahoré Konan said that the question of the functioning of the Abidjan Convention, which is devoted to the management of marine and coastal ecosystems over which she chairs, was raised with the minister. of Environment, Sustainable Development and the Congo Basin. According to the latter, “the convention went through a few months of uncertainty, especially with the departure of the executive secretary. But now we have an executive secretary. There is a problem with the payment of arrears that is still pending and the payment of premises that has been settled by the Ivorian Government. In perspective, it is a question of relaunching the office.”

A en croire le Ivorian minister, “COP29 will allow member states to decide on the future of the Abidjan Convention. And, on this question, we are in perfect agreement of views. We also took advantage of discussing the carbon market and agreed to set up our regulatory frameworks and then trained in negotiations on this issue. Soon, there will be COP-29, we discussed how to approach this conference