Moldovan PM outlines 2035 emissions cut target at COP31

Moldova’s Prime Minister Vasile Tofan delivered a COP31 speech in Antalya outlining the country’s climate and energy commitments and calling for greater international climate finance.

• Moldova set a target to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by 75% by 2035 versus 1990 levels and to plant and rehabilitate about 145,000 hectares of forest by 2032 under the national afforestation programme.
• Tofan said renewables now approach 30% of electricity consumption, up from about 3% six years ago, and said a Turkish company will build a new Balti-Suceava power line to strengthen access to the European electricity market; he also cited talks with leaders from Kazakhstan, Slovenia, Finland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Armenia on the sidelines of COP31.