Day: June 28, 2024

Tunis: High temperatures continue on Friday with highs ranging between 31°C and 36°C near coasts and 37°C and 43°C elsewhere, except in the southwest and the far south where they are expected to hit 45°C to 48°C with Sirocco winds.

The weather is a bit cloudy to sometimes cloudy in the afternoon in northwestern hights with scattered showers.

The wind is blowing east relatively strong near northern coasts, light to moderate elsewhere save in the southwest.

The sea is choppy in the region of Serrat and the Gulf of Gabès, a bit choppy elsewhere.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunis: The Interministerial Network for Ecological Transition to monitor and evaluate the 2035/2050 National Strategy for Ecological Transition was officially launched at the 2nd National Conference on Ecological Transition (NCET) held Friday in Tunis.

Made up of representatives of the Presidency of the Republic, the Prime Minsitry and various ministries, the network aims to inform, raise awareness, communicate about and monitor the implementation of the measures of this strategy, Deputy Director of the Tunis International Centre for Environmental Technologies (French: CITET) Ahmed Herzi said.

The creation of this network was one of the main recommendations of the 1st edition of the NCET, held in June 2023, he added. Participants had insisted on the mobilisation of all stakeholders from all sectors and funding so as to implement the 53 measures included in the National Strategy for Ecological Transition.

This strategy is based on the promotion of human well-being, in its tangible

and intangible aspects, t
he achievement of social equity and intra- and inter-generational justice, protection of the environment in all its components, and continuous and progressive quest for sustainability and circularity in all its dimensions.

Taking the floor, Environment Minister Leila Chikhaoui said the five pillars of this strategy are governance and financing, climate change, sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems, including the fight against desertification and drought resilience, the promotion of sustainable consumption and production patterns and the fight against all forms of pollution, and development of culture, science and knowledge in the service of ecological transition.

A proposed charter to be signed by all municipalities and to be supported by UN-Habitat Tunisia was also presented during this event.

Head of UN-Habitat Tunisia Aida Robbana said this charter will be proposed to the 350 municipalities in order to align their actions with the National Strategy for Ecological Transition.

The mu
nicipalities’ commitment should focus on three points, namely governance and financing, climate change and natural resources and ecosystems, she highlighted.

This event provided an opportunity to define the building blocks for the implementation of the National Strategy for Ecological Transition over the coming years, starting with the decade 2025/2035.

This conference takes place every year and provides an opportunity to review the results achieved in relation to the previous edition and identify efforts still to be made by all stakeholders in order to speed up the implementation of ecological transition.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Tunis: Tunindex closed Friday’s session down 0.15% to 9,726.08 points with a reduced volume of TND 4.5 million, said broker Tunisie Valeurs.

UNIMED shares were the best performers after rising by 5.5% to TND6.750, generating a capital of TND 132,000.

Poulina Group Holding shares also performed well. The share price edged up 3.7% to TND 9.090 with a volume of TND 90,000.

Tunisair shares fell by 2.5% to TND 0.380, trading for only TND 2,000 over the session.

SOTIPAPIER shares also dropped by 2.4% to TND 4.550, generating only TND 15,000.

SAH LILAS shares were the most traded. The share price rose by 1.9% to TND 8.830, feeding the market with a capital of TND 1.4 million.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse