Nigeria, Africa missed opportunity to upturn climate crisis at Kenya summit – ActionAid

Action Aid International has said that Nigeria and other African countries have lost an opportunity to call out climate injustice and stop fossil fuel pollution, as the Africa Climate Summit ends in Nairobi, Kenya.

The ActionAid International Secretary-General, Arthur Larok, said in a statement Friday that as governments, multilateral organisations, private sector players, and civil society from across Africa end their meeting in Kenya, for the 2023 Africa Climate Week and the summit; “Africa could have used this key moment to speak against climate injustice in a united voice.”

“The Summit’s push for carbon markets will drive yet more land grabs, while supposedly justifying Northern corporations’ permission to continue polluting. Africa’s lands, forests and resources are not to be put in service of western corporations, which are only after profits.

“Unless such future gatherings recognise the authentic leadership of women and young people on the frontlines, they will not deliver the transformation we need,” Larok said.

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