Month: October 2021

Mauritius’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) approved

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Mauritius’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) were approved Tuesday by the Inter-Ministerial Council on Climate Change meeting in Port-Louis.

One of the key objectives of the NDC is to reduce the local greenhouse gas emissions by 40% by year 2030. “To this end, some USD 6,5 billion will be required to successfully implement the NDC. Out of these, USD 4,5 billion will be used for adaptation purposes and USD 2 billion for mitigation purposes.

Local financing to the tune of USD 2,3 billion are expected to come from Government and the private sector, while the rest will be financed from external sources.

Statistics Mauritius indicated that the main characteristics of the unemployed at the second quarter of 2021 were:

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​(i) ​The 54,80​0 unemployed comprised 28,300 males (52%) and 26,500 females (48%).
(ii) ​Around 30,000 (55%) of the unemployed were single; males (63%) and females (46%).
​(iii) ​Some 32,100 (59%) of the unemployed did not have the Cambridge School Certificate (SC) or equivalent and among them, 11,400 had not even passed the Certificate of Primary Education (CPE) or equivalent.
​(iv) ​Around 35,400 (65%) had been looking for work for up to one year.
​(v) ​Some 18,800 (34%) were looking for a job for the first time.
​(vi) ​Around 23,500 (43%) were registered at the Employment Service Information Centre.
​(vii) ​Some 9,700 or 18% of the unemployed were heads of households.
​(viii) ​Around 17,500 (32%) lived in households with no employed persons.
​(ix) ​Some 17,100 or about 31% of the unemployed were aged below 16 to 24 years.
​(x)​ ​There were 10,300 (19%) young persons aged 16 to 24 years, not yet married and looking for a first job.  Some 4,700 possessed a qualification below SC.