Africa calls on rich countries to take bold climate decisions

We came to Sharm El-Sheikh with renewed hope, but unfortunately the end of the summit was not as expected. a permit.

The text was released hours after the official closing of the 27th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27) amid growing friction between North and South on various points.

Among the most prominent of these unfulfilled promises of financing made by developed countries and their refusal to establish a fund to deal with losses and damages, and the compensation claimed by poor countries for the impact of climate change.

According to a report by the Loss and Damage Collaboration, a group of more than 100 researchers, the 55 most climate-affected economies suffered economic losses exceeding $500 billion from 2000 to 2020.

Batja said millions of Africans would be left in continued climate-related misery if the international community failed to live up to its commitments.

Augustine Njamenchi, Chairman of the Political and Technical Committee of the Alliance, noted that Africans are less certain every day of the goodwill of the leaders of industrialized nations.

Njamenchi pointed out that the delay in making a decision on losses and damages, as well as agreements on reducing emissions of polluting gases to levels lower than necessary, has reduced expectations on this COP.

Florence Kasule, a climate activist from Uganda, said women were disappointed by the lack of concrete action.

Sameh Shoukry, President of the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties and Egyptian Foreign Minister, warned during a joint press conference with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres of the need for additional efforts to reach consensus on these issues.

While some of the discussions were constructive and positive, others did not reflect the expected recognition of the need for collective action to address the seriousness and urgency of the situation, he lamented.

Amid reports of tensions among the negotiators, Guterres made a similar call.

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