President Paul Kagame is scheduled to address the Summit on Sustainability in Africa starting on 24 May Gaborone, Botswana.
The two-day Summit is organized by the Government of Botswana in partnership with Conservation International.
Expected at the summit are Presidents of Botswana, Liberia and Namibia, Vice President of Tanzania, Prime Minister of Mozambique as well as global leaders from the public and private sector, including Rob Walton, Chairman, Wal-Mart, Peter Seligmann Chairman, CEO and Founder, Conservation International and Laurene Powell Jobs, Chair and Founder, Emerson Collective.
The summit’s main objective is to promote environmental sustainability in Africa through natural capital accounting. The proposed Gaborone declaration, to be adopted at the end of the conference, endeavors to set an African roadmap for sustainable development and poverty reduction.
Rwanda’s National Climate Change and Low Carbon Development Strategy will be highlighted at the Gaborone Summit and will also feature at Rio +20 as part of a side event organized under the UN Secretariat for Rio + 20 Initiative to showcase examples of national green economy and green growth strategies.
Rwanda will also be part of the joint UNDP and UNEP side event involving countries participating in the Poverty and Environment Initiative (PEI) to share experiences and perspectives in building a green economy.
Rwanda will represent Africa, Bhutan Asia and Uruguay South America.
The Gaborone Summit is taking place in the lead up to and will seek to establish linkages with the UN Conference on Sustainable Development/Rio +20, scheduled for 20-22 June 2012 in Brazil.
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