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"African countries entered the recent COP28 negotiations on climate change in
high spirits. Before this conference, in September, African government leaders,
policymakers, activists and other groups from the continent met at the African
Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. The African position and expectations for
COP28 were shaped at this summit by the adoption of the Nairobi Declaration.
Africa’s main agenda at COP28, hosted by the United Arab Emirates, was to
convince global players that they must show more altruism in financially
supporting targets to reduce global emissions. For African countries, COP27,
hosted by Egypt, was largely deemed a failure for the continent, and they hoped
that COP28 would be more successful.
Africa is the region that has been most affected by climate change since 2010,
even though the continent is one of the lowest greenhouse gas emitting regions
in the world. More than half of the African population faces one or more
impacts of climate change. These include drought, rising temperatures, land
degradation, flooding, coastal erosion, desertification, and changes in
rainfall patterns. This makes it especially important to analyse what gains
Africa made at COP28 as a negotiating bloc.
From my perspective as a political scientist, whose field is environmental and
energy politics, I believe that Africa gained much from taking a strong
position in several negotiations at COP28."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
