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By Lydia Kukua Asamoah, RNG
Accra, March 28, GNA
– Africa should take climate adaptation measures more seriously and prepare for
towards the phenomenon, which has a lot of impact on the continent, Mr. Seth
Osafo, Legal Adviser to African Climate Change Negotiators
Negotiations, advised.
Means of adaptation
anticipate the adverse effects of climate change and take appropriate action
take steps to prevent or minimize the harm they may cause, or take advantage of the benefits
opportunities that may arise.
This has been shown
this well planned and early adaptation action saves money and lives in the
future.
Examples of some
adaptation measures consist in making more efficient use of scarce water resources;
adapt building codes to future climatic conditions and extreme weather conditions
events; build defenses against floods and raise the level of dikes and develop
crops tolerant to drought.
Other measures are
forest species and forest practices less vulnerable to storms and fires,
and the establishment of land corridors to help species migrate.
Mitigation measures,
on the other hand, are the actions that are being taken to reduce and limit
greenhouse gas emissions, contributing to the causes of climate change,
while adaptation addresses its impacts.
Speaking in Ghana
Press Agency in Accra at the end of the African Climate Week (ACW) organized by
Ghana, Mr Osafo said that Africa could do nothing in the fight against climate change.
mitigation measures because "our emissions are not important, but the continent needs to
take the adaptation seriously and get ready. "
He said that Africa needed
mobilize resources and put in place measures that would enable his people to cope
with the situation while preventing calamities.
"We have to make sure
our development is sustainable and non-destructive, afforestation must be taken
seriously and we must protect what exists, "said Osafo.
"The use of charcoal
hurts us more because people cut a lot of trees to burn them
coal."
He said that science had
proved that in some places there would be an increase in rainfall while in others
there would be less, but the magnitude of the rains would be very destructive.
So called me
authorities and members of the public, including those in Accra, to
prepare to avoid any calamity with the onset of heavy rains.
He insisted that the
increased flooding in the country and elsewhere, was certainly an impact of
climate change, which was favored by random planning and buildings on
waterways, and so laws must be applied to deter people from building
in these areas.
Mr. Osafo, however,
congratulated Ghana in particular and Africa in general for hosting the
Climate Week succeeds in showing the world that they are ready to adapt and
mitigate the impacts of climate change.
He said the continent
in the global climate negotiations, adding that Africa, as a
united front, was "very active in the negotiations on climate change.
"We always say that
Africa speaks with one voice and in Katowice Poland, Africa was very active
and virtually detected the rhythm of everything, "he said.
Mr Michal Kurtyka,
President of COP24 and Mr. Ovais Sarmad, Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations
Climate change, all affirmed the need to encourage cooperation from all countries
and non-party stakeholders globally, to achieve the 1.5 ° C temperature target
appearing in the Paris Agreement.
GNA
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