(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) Colombia, South America's third-largest economy, has pledged to reduce carbon emissions by at least 20 percent by 2030 as a contribution to a new agreement aimed at fighting global warming, Reuters cited the government as saying on Tuesday.
Colombia said it is finishing plans and should present them to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in the following weeks.
'This compromise we are making means transforming our economy towards a more efficient use of resources and energy,' said Environment Minister Gabriel Vallejo Lopez in a statement posted to a ministry website.
Although smaller than targets offered by the United States and the European Union, the Colombian one should be challenging since the country has problems controlling deforestation and it is one of the fastest-growing economies in Latin America.
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