Africa to press climate finance demands at COP26: negotiator

France24 ^ | October 28, 2021

[Oldeconomybuyer]

African countries will use next week's COP summit to demand rich nations honour and then deepen their pledges to fund the fight against climate change, a top negotiator said Thursday.

The UN meeting in Scotland hosts a two-day summit of world leaders from Monday, with organisers warning that the chances of averting runaway climate change are dwindling.

But for African countries, the biggest issue is money -- funds to help struggling economies curb their emissions and also adapt to the wrenching impact of climate change.

"We have been waiting for more than 10 years for the promise of $100 billion per year," Tanguy Gahouma-Bekale, chair of the African Group of countries at the climate talks, told AFP.

It was in 2009 that rich countries first pledged to muster $100 billion annually, from all sources, to help poorer nations, a target that would be achieved by 2020.

The promise was made to help stave off a fiasco at the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit and was enshrined in the 2015 Paris Agreement -- the negotiating basis for the coming talks in Glasgow.

But the 2020 goal was missed and Britain's COP president, Alok Sharma, has admitted it is unlikely to be achieved before 2023.

"The position of the African group is that we can come back on track and find a solution to close this gap," said Gahouma-Bekale, an adviser to the Gabon government.

"We need now to go to the target that we committed in the Paris agreement this year, not in two years."

[1Old Pro]

It was in 2009 that rich countries first pledged to muster $100 billion annually, from all sources, to help poorer nations

At least they admit this whole climate change BS is about wealth distribution from American taxpayers to other nations.

[Pollard]

Gimme Mine

[SmokingJoe]

Extort lots of free money from very woke, stupid white men? You bet.

[DoughtyOne]

Hey Africa, pretty interesting what you did with the place.

[Army Air Corps]

So that the money can disappear into the bank accounts of the rulers of those poor countries.

[1Old Pro]

So that the money can disappear into the bank accounts of the rulers of those poor countries.

It's never about the people, just the ruling classes enriching themselves.

[kaktuskid]

Maybe if they quit burning dung

[yoe]

""We have been waiting for more than 10 years for the promise of $100 billion per year," "

Amen! to 1 Old Pro...I imagine others stopped reading at that line remembering "Dictators" like Robert Mugabe ... India and China have huge populations and by some quirk in international law, they are somewhat excluded from environmental laws governing their carbon footprint.

Hoping not to bore you but there is this (problem in earth's atmosphere). This junk is out there, the clean up is doable for less than switching to electric cars and all the other things to remove the carbon foot print, which I doubt is as big as the bloom from algae or from the poor maligned cattle etc. A lot of people are looking towards becoming wealthy on Climate Change/Global Warming....... 1 to 1 Old Pro

[Organic Panic]

An entire continent of welfare queens.

[antidemoncrat]

“African countries will use next week’s COP summit to demand rich nations honour and then deepen their pledges to fund the fight against climate change”

So what industry does Africa have that contributes to climate change?

[DoughtyOne]

Smile...

[libertylover]

Hey, I want a handout too!!!

[wny]

I think this is called “begging”

[MAGAthon]

hey, make it $750 Billion a YEAR:

30 July: Bloomberg: South Africa Says $750 Billion a Year Needed for Climate Goals
Current target is for $100 billion a year for climate funds
By Antony Sguazzin
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-30/south-africa-says-750-billion-a-year-needed-for-climate-goals