Akufo-Addo Intensifies Campaign For Developed Countries To Finance Africa Climate Change Fight
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appealed to developed countries to fulfil their promises of assisting developing countries financially in fighting climate change.
Speaking at the 2023 Africa Climate Summit in Kenya, President Akufo-Addo noted that Africa is blamed for causing global warming.
He added that African countries are doing their best to build climate resilience and need international financial assistance to complement their efforts.
“Once we strive to do our bit to halt climate change at the national level, we expect also a lot to be done at the international level. One major issue of concern to us is the need to streamline access to international climate finance to complement national funding”.
“I believe this forum will shed more light on practical ways to mobilize financial resources to support the implementation of national climate actions. Especially how we can guarantee a different future from the past and ensure that the commitments of the developed world towards climate finance, which have not been met in the past, will be met in the future,” he stated.
Touching on Ghana’s fight against illegal mining, known as galamsey, at the Summit, President Akufo Addo said a ban yielded positive results aiming to reduce carbon emissions.
President Akufo-Addo added that several flagship policy initiatives such as Planting for Food and Jobs (PFJ), one-village-one-dam, and the ban on illegal mining have all contributed to reducing carbon emissions and building the country’s resilience to the impact of climate change.
“We placed a ban on illegal mining, the phenomenon we call galamsey, which was destroying our water bodies, vegetation, and our forest. Some 20, 000 young people have been engaged to plant more than 30 million trees in two years to create jobs and restore degraded lands”.
“These policy initiatives are already yielding positive results in the attainment of SDG Goals, particularly the goal of reducing our carbon emissions,” President Akufo-Addo noted.