UN boss hails AU climate co-operation

ON HIS return from Africa and his participation at the AU Summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted enhanced synergies and avenues of co-operation with the regional bloc.

“We have agreed that Agenda 2063 (the development agenda of the African Union) and the 230 Agenda for sustainable development will be aligned,” said Guterres, according to UN News.

“There will be only one line of reporting, which means that there will be a total co-operation between the UN and the African Union in relation to the Sustainable Development Goals and the implementation of the Paris Agreement on climate change in the years to come,” he added, noting the establishment of regular, high-level interaction between the two organisations.