Washington – John Kerry, Representative of the US President for Climate Affairs, has welcomed His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik’s decision to adopt 2050 as the date for achieving zero-carbon neutrality.
Kerry praised the establishment of the new Oman Center for Sustainability to help achieve this goal and said the decisions of His Majesty the Sultan confirm the response and cooperation of the Sultanate of Oman to achieve global efforts in the field of climate and its readiness for more support during the next stage.
As part of Royal attention to improve environmental performance and alleviate the impacts of climate change, the year 2050 has been set as a date for net zero carbon emissions. A national plan has been drafted to achieve this goal, along with the setting up of the Oman Sustainability Centre to undertake the supervision and follow-up of zero carbon emission plans and programs.
His Majesty the Sultan gave directives to all units of the State’s Administrative Apparatus to cooperate to ensure the success of the aforementioned national plan. In consolidation of the modern trend of local, decentralized administration aimed to achieve sustainable development, it has been stated that the new Governorates System seeks to boost the role of governors by defining specific specializations that authorize them to draft Governorates’ Budgets and Development Plans of their respective governorates through direct coordination with the departments concerned.
The system also grants the governors direct executive powers where it pertains to economic development and the reinforcement of sources of the governorates’ own income – enhancing their competitiveness and encouraging investments in a manner that realizes the aspiration and needs of citizens. In this regard, His Majesty the Sultan gave directives to coordinate and secure full integration among units of the State’s Administrative Apparatus and the governorates to help streamline procedures, facilitate transactions, develop government services and improve their quality, and address the existing challenges.
