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By
Lydia Kukua Asamoah, RNG
Accra, March 27, GNA –
Mr Seth Osafo, Legal Adviser to African Climate Change Negotiators
The negotiations, said that the African Climate Week, organized by Ghana, was very useful for
young people who were preparing them to join the fight against the phenomenon.
He said Africa
Climate Week has been an important platform for Africans to meet to discuss
climate change, its impact on the continent and what Africa could do to
adapt to its impacts.
Speaking in Ghana
At the end of the conference in Accra, Osafo said that the commitment
with young people, in separate sessions of the conference, was critical as they
need to understand what climate change was all about.
"Young people need
understand what's really going on, and for me, the key point of the summit was
the involvement of young people – they have energy and they understand the
problems very well it would be in the right direction towards the fight and
mitigation, "said Osafo.
"Most of our
the population is youth, so if we can involve them and prepare them to get
involved in a very active way, we will make some progress. "
"We must also
understand the scientific aspects of what the Intergovernmental Group on
Climate change does not stop saying that Africa is the continent that suffers the most
climate change – the most affected and therefore to do anything to the
national level, we must do the same at the international level to make the voice of
Africa has heard. "
"While it is
the measures that would be taken would be coordinated at the international level and
then we will all sort out the problem together. "
The climate of Africa
Week (ACW), which ended in Accra last week, is the first of three
regional climate events organized this year, the other two being
Climate Week in Latin America and the Caribbean and the climate of the Asia-Pacific region.
The week.
The ACW took place on
the theme: "Action for Climate Change in Africa: a race we can win", and
organized by the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, the
UNFCCC, Nairobi's senior management partners and the West African Development Bank.
The event was supposed to
discuss how Africa could partner to implement its nationally determined agenda
Contributions (NDC) to mitigate climate change.
He was badisted by
more than 2,000 delegates from government and non-government actors, private
representatives of the sector, civil society organizations (CSOs), women's groups,
young people, climate specialists and the media around the world.
Mr. Osafo stated that
issue of climate science, one of the main topics of discussion at the conference,
was as important as the involvement of young people.
He noted that it was
important to bring Africans together, including government institutions, CSOs,
women's groups and youth, to discuss climate change and the way ahead.
"Africa is already
feel the impact of climate change. The cyclone Idai that recently struck and
devastated parts of Mozambique and Malawi, and the frequency of such
events could attest to the fact that climate change is a contributing factor
postman".
Mr. Osafo stated that
the frequency of occurrences, particularly in Africa, should make the continent
focus on the future and prepare for the challenges.
"Climate change is
will happen anyway and so we have to prepare ourselves to adapt to its effects in
take action at national and national levels while development plans
should understand how to meet these challenges and mitigate the impacts, "he said.
"The message of
The African Climate Week must be sustainable development and we must ensure that our
development is sustainable and non-destructive. "
"We must preserve our
forests. We can not continue to cut down our trees and use them for charcoal and
suppose the trees grow alone. We must take trees
very seriously. "
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