As Africans prepare to converge at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Rwanda, climate justice have called for a strong financial mechanism for loss and damage compensation to African countries being affected by climate change.
The climate experts were convened by the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), a leading organiser of climate dialogues across Africa and beyond.
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African environmental activists have identified the political commitment of African heads of state and government as the missing cog in pushing climate summit-COP27 in November, 2022; Egypt to discuss issues that are a priority for Africa.
The climate justice experts are in Kigali to initiate steps to solicit the support of the African heads of state who are members of the Commonwealth as well as to seek north-south solidarity for action in advancing issues that are priorities to Africans in the discussions at the 27th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate change.
The Acting Executive Director of PACJA, Charles Mwangi, in a statement said, “We are here to engage and find some common ground upon which we may seek the support of not just the Commonwealth but all people and institutions of goodwill to have COP27 that carries the hope and aspirations of the African continent.”
