Published on : 15/09/2022 – 17:43
The 18th session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment began this Thursday, September 15 in Dakar in the presence of John Kerry, American special envoy for the climate. A conference to review the ecological challenges in Africa, and prepare the next COP27 to be held in November in Egypt.
With our correspondent in Dakar, Charlotte Idrac
Coastal erosion, floods, drought, consequences in terms of food insecurity… John Kerry reminded us: African countries produce very little greenhouse gas, but they are paying dearly for the impacts of the climate crisis. . ” Developed countries must do more recognized the American special envoy for the climate, who announced financial support from the United States for the program of the African Development Bank for the reducing methane emissions in Africa.
Adaptation is the term who came up very often in speeches at the King Fahd Palace hotel in Dakar. What coping strategy? The participants insisted on the need to agree on common orientations in Africa to speak with one voice at the next COP27particularly on the issue of funding.
The representatives of the least developed countries also demanded in Dakar the setting up of a fund to take charge of losses and damages, that compensation for the damage caused by global warming in poor countries be a priority for the agenda for the next COP. ” Those who have polluted more must put their hands in their pockets. This is not development aid said Abdou Karim Sall, Senegal’s Minister of the Environment. ” At the next COPhe said, we hope that justice will be done to Africa ».
