Second Africa Climate Summit, #ACS2
"G20 countries appear to be leaning towards carbon capture technologies and carbon trading markets rather than reducing their greenhouse gas emissions outright.
Therefore it was remarkable that African states broke with these practices at the summit. Instead, they committed to climate innovation, climate financing and enacting climate change laws."
"The summit featured some of the innovations that African countries are using to adapt to climate change and prevent climate disasters, and how to fund more of these. This was aimed at representing Africa beyond being a victim of climate change to a place housing leadership and solutions to global warming."
"Countries also insisted that the global north should be legally obliged to contribute grants to Africa to fix climate-related damage. These grants must not require repayment, as loans make the already crippling debt burdens of African countries even worse.
Delegates at the summit said predictable, fair and equitable climate finance must flow to Africa as a legal obligation, and not as an option."
"Currently, around eight African countries have climate change laws in place. The African Group of Negotiators Experts Support, a think tank that provides governments on the continent with scientific and policy expert advice, presented a new Model Climate Change Law for Africa that was showcased at the summit."
"At the 13th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa in Addis Ababa, [calls] for global climate action to be science-driven, but also science that is generated and owned by Africans themselves.
Climate finance must be predictable and accessible, not bound in bureaucracy or delivered at the whim of donors. They argue that science-driven solutions will only be credible if they empower Africans to design, test, and scale responses suited to their realities."
https://cedirates.com/news/africa-demands-climate-action-rooted-in-its-own-science-and-realities/
Africa’s leading climate negotiators and campaigners are demanding a major reset in how the world tackles climate change, insisting that the continent can no longer rely solely on externally driven solutions that fail to reflect its unique vulnerabilities and priorities. At the 13th Conference on...
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