Posted on 03/15/2023 10:23:34 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
From devastating cyclones and floods to an unrelenting drought, African countries are spending between 2% and 9% of their budgets to respond to extreme weather events, according to a report released by the United Nations on Wednesday.
A committee of experts shared the findings at the annual U.N. conference of African ministers of finance and economic planning in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
“Climate change is having a devastating impact on Africa’s economies, and the situation is expected to worsen in the coming years,” Antonio Pedro, the acting executive secretary of the U.N. Economic Commission for Africa told The Associated Press.
Climate change, alongside the war in Ukraine and a global economic slowdown have been identified as key factors that have led to Africa’s economic decline from a growth of 4.6% in 2021 to just 3.6% in 2022, the U.N. report said.
“Climate change has tremendous impacts in African economies and climate action is impossible without climate finance,” said Nemera Gebeyehu Mamo Ethiopia’s planning minister. “Leveraging climate finance can fight poverty and inequality in Africa.”
A pledge by rich nations to provide $100 billion a year in climate finance has not yet been fully met.
Pedro called on African countries to take matters into their own hands and raise funds by developing carbon credits, where companies and governments pay into reforestation schemes to offset their emissions.
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Of course none of the non-fantasy data actually supports this disgusting nonsense. But that of course does not matter these days.
The cure all....MONEY...and the USA’s MONEY in particular.
What climate woes?
“U.N. says” - all the reason for disbelief
I feel like that main character in the movie "Idiocracy"
Just have them all move to California, and they can sign up for $5M in reparations, and/or, $92K/year guaranteed income for 250 years........
You are so right. These global goobers are such children. I wish they’d be honest and just start inserting “bogeyman” or “chupacabra” in place of “climate change”.
Wow, Antonio Pedro - what an authentic African name!
Africa’s economies have suffered forever, so, it seems that climate woes have always been affecting Africa.
But, the real climate woes in Africa, are the lack of effective leadership, and that climate will be affecting them forever.
Take any man-made crisis, and blame it on climate change. The UN is filled with climate-change shysters.
and that is ONLY because there is no profit in lying about the weather
but even that has some "climate change" bias embedded
After the UN stepped in early last year to solve the Russia-Ukraine dispute and avoid war and bloodshed they deserve a little respect. The UN's role is problem solving.😜🤪
"diplomatic immunity" and "United Nations" are two of my triggers.
UN out of the US, US out of the UN.
Sounds like Texas.
I hope the UN does not find out...
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Climate woes or climate whoas. CLIIMAGEDDON! Such 🐎💩!
Africa has worse problems than “Climate Change”.
Well why don’t those third world UN crybabies do something about it instead of crying to the U.S. We’re already subsidizing the rest of this sh*thole planet.
Africa better kick u p some funding to remediate it.
Send them some grant writers.
Translation - “Send money!”
UN via AP about as bad as it gets.
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