{"id":67660,"date":"2022-06-09T12:09:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T10:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/?p=67660"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:09:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T10:09:43","slug":"africas-state-of-the-climate-change-agenda-ahead-of-cop27-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radioislam.org.za\/a\/africas-state-of-the-climate-change-agenda-ahead-of-cop27-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa’s State Of The Climate Change Agenda Ahead of COP27 Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Umamah Bakharia\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

The 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly referred to as COP27, will be the 27th United Nations Climate Change conference, held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt this year. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, the African Climate Foundation argues that\u00a0Africa\u2019s own climate issues tend to be viewed through a parochial lens.\u00a0<\/span>They add that never\u00a0has there been an opportunity to do something different and rethink traditional forms of climate diplomacy.<\/p>\n

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Speaking to Radio Islam, Senior Advisor on Climate Diplomacy and Geopolitics at the Aftica Climate Foundation, Faten Aggad says a solution needs to be found to ensure that African countries are not left behind in this climate transition.<\/p>\n

“In Glasgow, much of the African agenda was pushed aside with the exception of a deal with South Africa where international partners pledged to contribute $8.5 billion for South Africa’s energy transition,” says Aggad.<\/p>\n

She adds that Africa is at the recieving end of a geopolitical issue.<\/p>\n

“The responsibilty does not lie with Africa, the responsibility lies with the industrialised nations that refuse to make the drastic measures like for example, [focus on] their own consumption tendancies,” says Aggad.<\/p>\n

She reiterates that African countries should avoid a project approach but rather look at what is needed for our entire economy to transform.<\/p>\n