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By
Lydia Kukua Asamoah / Godwill Authur-Mensah, RNG
Accra, March 20, GNA –
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said Wednesday that the world should act
efforts to combat the threat of climate change, the greatest threat to the
the survival of humans.
He said global
negotiators and parties need to streamline access to international climate finance
to complement national funding as Africa strives to end the climate impact
change.
He urged all Africans
support and participate in combat, saying; "It's imperative that we join the
called for in the Sustainable Development Goals to protect, restore and
promote the sustainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, land, forests,
desertification and end soil degradation ".
President Akufo-Addo
At the opening of the current African Climate Week (ACW) in Ghana, the
the theme: "Action for Climate Change in Africa: a race we can win".
As Co-Chair of
Group of Eminent Advocates for Sustainable Development to 2030 United Nations
Goals (SDGs), the president said climate change threatened the realization
objectives and become a subject of grave concern for world leaders.
The world saves
sea level rise, extreme and extreme weather conditions, long droughts,
floods, irregular rainfall and increasing desertification.
President Akufo-Addo
cited the recent devastation caused by tropical cyclone Idia, in
Mozambique, and sympathized with the delegates of this country and neighboring countries
those like Zimbabwe and Malawi for their loss.
The President described
African Climate Week as an important conference for Africans since
The ravages of climate change are affecting Africa the most.
He said the week
This event therefore offers the opportunity to present the progress made by Africa.
to fight against the phenomenon and deepen partnerships
needed globally to combat it.
"We suffer the most in
Africa because our economies allow us to be sensitive to the effect of
climate change and our ability to withstand shock are unknown. "
President Akufo-Addo
agriculture, water and energy as key drivers of the development of
African countries, but at the same time they were generally sensitive to
climate change.
"This week
conference offers us the opportunity to present the progress we are making in
fight against this phenomenon as well as the deepening of the partnership required in the
world level to fight it. "
He said that it was in the
interest of African nations to consider the continent's economic fortunes
and intensify their collective efforts to resolutely fight against global warming.
The President stated that the
recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) shows
the world community was only 12 years old to put an end to the phenomenon, a development
it required aggressive actions to deal with.
He noted that if
the discourse on climate change had different dimensions, the most important
One aspect was that the majority of countries were committed to fighting
reduce the current global temperature to at least two degrees Celsius below
preindustrial level and increase it to 1.5 degrees Celsius above
preindustrial level.
President Akufo-Addo
in accordance with the Constitution, Ghana's development plan, which should
to be implemented from 2017 to 2024, had been submitted to Parliament, while the main
political interventions had been put in place to combat the impact.
He cited programs
like Planting to feed and create jobs, One Village One Dam and
A district, a factory (IDIF) aimed at stimulating the industrialization and
rural development and strengthening the country's climate resilience
impacts.
"The strategic axis
the IDIF initiative in the northern regions of Ghana is to provide
year-round access to smallholder water for virtually
alternative livelihoods more variable during the dry season ".
"We are too
determined to make natural gas, which we have in abundance, available for
the production of electricity, "said President Akufo-Addo, adding that the
country, in its 2019 budget, provided for special incentives for the introduction of
electric cars in Ghana.
He expressed the
belief that the ACW would shed more light on the practical ways to mobilize
financial resources to support the implementation of national actions for the climate.
Mr. Michal Kurtyka, the
COP 24 President says countries need to redouble efforts to tackle climate change
mitigation and adaptation, especially those who have suffered the most.
He called for more
voices on the table to share ideas and best practices on how best to manage the
problem because the fight could not be won in isolation.
Mr. Avais Sarmed, the
Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Change (UNFCCC), said efforts need to be accelerated because there is little time left
for the impact to reach alarming proportions.
The ACW is the first
of the three regional summits of the week organized by the UNFCCC,
designed to act as an essential stepping stone to dual ambition
driving events, to be held this year.
The other two are the
Secretary-General's Climate Session in September and COP25 to be held in
Chile in December.
It is hosted by
the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, UNFCCC,
the executive partners of Nairobi and the West African Development Bank.
The event is at
discuss how Africa could partner to implement NDCs to mitigate climate change
change.
GNA
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