Celebrations for International Atmosphere Day 2023 kicked off in host-country Cote d’Ivoire, as thousands and thousands of other people get ready for equivalent actions internationally. Venues around the capital town, Abidjan – from its ancient lagoon to its first fashionable artwork museum – shone the highlight in this 12 months’s theme #Beat Plastic Air pollution.
Occasions started at Abidjan’s Ébérie Lagoon, one nicknamed the ‘pearl of lagoons’ however now besieged through plastic waste. On a vivid Sunday morning, as Abidjan’s skyline of towering place of job constructions, mosques and cathedrals, lush bushes and iconic suspended bridge got here to gentle, representatives of Côte d’Ivoire’s Ministry of Atmosphere guided Inger Andersen, Govt Director of the United International locations Atmosphere Programme (UNEP) on a excursion of the Ébérie. They mentioned the rustic’s efforts to scale back air pollution ranges within the lagoon via higher remedy and control of the plastic waste.
The following prevent was once the huge botanical lawn Dahliafleur within the suburb of Bingerville, house to 69 species of birds and 15 species of mammals. Stretching throughout 148 hectares – in regards to the dimension of 365 soccer fields – it’s one the rustic’s smaller herbal reserves, amongst seven others and 8 nationwide parks.
The delegation’s ultimate prevent was once the Abobo Museum of Recent Artwork and Tradition, the place Francoise Lemarck, Minister of Tradition and Francophonie, welcomed the UNEP Govt Director to an artwork show off entitled ‘Polymers, Artwork, Plastics”. It featured art work, sculptures, style and different artistic endeavors made through artists the use of plastic waste, demonstrating the range and scale of plastic air pollution. The development was once attended through as regards to 100 visitors, together with the Minister of Atmosphere, Jean Luc Assi; Minister of Overseas Affairs, Kandia Kamissoko Camara; govt representatives, d UN entities, and native organizations lively within the cultural house.
