By Bisola Adeyemo
After two weeks of negotiations and meetings at the 26th session of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland, world leaders have extensively failed to adequately delivered climate justice to African countries.
Augustine Ndjamnshi, chair of the Political and Technical Committee at the Nairobi-based Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) lamented Friday while expressing disappointment after the summit.
Ndjamnshi said the continent’s green aspirations were not fulfilled at the global climate summit.
“We wish to express disappointment at lack of foresight and determination by parties at COP26 to squarely address the climate emergency in Africa,” Ndjamnshi said in a statement issued in Nairobi.
According to the statement, Ndjamnshi regretted that the world leaders did not have a clear agenda that could be rolled out to boost adaptation financing in Africa, address loss and damages linked to abrupt temperature rise, Xhinua reports.
The statement further said that African green lobby groups that attended COP26 were concerned by lackluster attention to the continent’s unfolding climate crisis that is threatening the survival of local communities and their habitats.
He said rich Nations, like China, Europe America can have an impact in Africa only if they are accompanied by practical measures to tackle climatic shocks like droughts, wildfires, cyclones and floods.
Also, a Nigerian green advocate, Godwin Ojo, said none of the African countries is yet to witness and enjoy genuine commitment by advanced economies to mitigate destructive climate impacts like water stress, hunger and energy insecurity that were weighing down on livelihoods.
Ojo said Africa was ready to decarbonize its key economic sectors but was constrained by failure among rich economies to deliver sufficient financial and technical support.