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President Akufo-Addo, has described Climate Change as a global emergency and has urged the developed world to redeem a thirteen year old pledge to make available $100 billion annually to help developing countries fight the scourge of climate change.
Delivering Ghana’s national statement at the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27, the President bemoaned the fact that climate adaptation costs are currently outstripping current international public finance flows.
According to the President, the developed world as a matter of urgency, must mobilize and scale up adaptation finance inflows, to ensure that vulnerable countries are able to meet their adaptation needs.
President Akufo-Addo noted that extreme climate occurrences, such as severe precipitation and floods, prolonged drought and heat waves are happening all over the world, both in the developed and developing worlds.
Africa, for her part, the President stressed, must commit herself to resolve the issue of climate change by implementing ambitious measures within her reach.
With Africa’s vast land, he stated that Africa has the greatest potential to help decarbonise the world by absorbing carbon dioxide through regenerative agriculture, that requires less fertilizer, and reforestation with strong biodiversity content.
By Enock Baffoe/uniquenewsgh.com
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