The pre-COP29, held before the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) on climate in Baku, highlight key issues for African countries. Africa, particularly vulnerable to climate change, is seeking concrete commitments to finance adaptation and the establishment of the “loss and damage” fund. This call is all the more urgent as current projections indicate a likely rise in temperatures of between 2.1°C and 2.8°C by the end of the century, well beyond the targets of the Paris Agreement. to limit this warming to 1.5°C.
An increased quest for climate financing
Africa is calling for a substantial increase in financing for adaptation and a reform of financing mechanisms, which would include new contributors such as China and the petromonarchies, responsible for increasing emissions. The Baku discussions are also expected to address the creation of private financing mechanisms to ease the burden on OECD countries, whose assistance capacity is increasingly limited due to their own debt crisis, Sahel reported Tribune and IDDRI (Institute of Sustainable Development and International Relations).
Climate finance, a cornerstone of the debates
For Jeune Afrique, Africa demands expanded access to climate resources to meet immediate needs, particularly in the sectors of agriculture, water, and food security. According to Jeune Afrique, COP29 could be a turning point in recognizing African priority in climate financing.
International alliances and differences
The discussions in Baku are taking place in a context of marked geopolitical tensions. Africa, with the support of south-south alliances, hopes to rally emerging countries to strengthen its position in the negotiations. The alliances are, however, fragile, especially since the current international dynamic, influenced by rivalries between great powers, makes obtaining a consensus complex, underlines Sahel Tribune.
This review reflects the need for African countries to see their priorities heard within a framework where responsibilities and financial commitments must be redefined according to current climatic and economic realities.
Women from rural and urban areas marched on Saturday November 2, 2024 in Dakar to demand more climate justice, at the initiative of the environmental protection association called “Green Holidays”, noted the APS .
Who added that this fourth edition of the women’s march for the climate took place on the route going from the Sahm roundabout to that of La Poste de la Médina. It comes a few days before the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) on climate, scheduled for November 11 to 22, 2024 in Baku, Azerbaijan. “We want to demonstrate through this march that citizens of the African continent are mobilizing against climate change. Climate change is everyone’s business, from young people to local solution providers and associations,” said, according to the APS, the president of the “Green Holidays” association. , Khady Camara, at the end of the march.
“Women from rural and urban areas are mobilizing because the climate crisis is at the junction of an environmental, economic and social crisis,” she lamented in the columns of the Senegalese Press Agency (APS).
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