Climate change and environmental policy issues in the DRC

From information received by AMAGEP and analysis of recent diplomatic talks between the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo and international partners, there is an agreement by all partners to help Africa to contribute in the fight against climate change. It is estimated an amount of $3 Billion to control climate change until 2030 in DR Congo alone. This is based on calculations from the Second Biennial Update Report before 2018 elections in DRC. The question is where will the government get the funds from?

Based on interviews and talks from regional and international meetings were African and world leaders discuss climate change, the government of the DR Congo still relies on international partners such as US government, European Union and United Nations to finance climate change control. The government stated its commitment to climate change mitigation and adaptation. The government has also locked it in a long-term plan until.

Over the last five years, 88.1% of DR Congo’s total climate change budget has been spent on green infrastructure. Its function is to become the driving force as well as the main capital for the transformation of the green economy. AMAGEP however signals that the budget allocated in climate change is very low and insignificant in Congo as well as in many countries of the continent.

In Congo, last year 2018, the government issues a plan to call for international involvement and support to climate change resolution that include to protect equatorial forest, Congo River and animals. This call has a very compatible financing instrument from international partners and MONUSCO commissars.  Based on these data, the proportion of the international partners for funding climate change control reached 43.7%, up from 27.7% in 2020. The existence of a pandemic crisis is also mentioned as a momentum for The Democratic Republic of Congo to reorganize its economic building in a more sustainable, more pro-environmental way.

In relation to UN millenium goals, environmental policies and climate change approach adopted by AMAGEP understand that the potential of  tropical natural wealth in DR Congo and Afirca really strengthens this commitment. The vastness of the country’s tropical forests and mangroves, refreshes the world’s lungs, paving the way for renewable energy,” the document reads.

AMAGEP believes that strengthening green technology and environmentally friendly products will automatically increase competitiveness in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the rest of Africa. All of this has been locked in the sixth national priority of the National Medium Term Development Plan (RPJMN) 2020-2024. Namely, improving environmental quality, increasing disaster resilience and climate change, and low-cost development. carbon.”