Glasgow climate talks: Africa negotiators mobilize for climate finance

African climate negotiators at the COP26 United Nations climate talks this November, in Glasgow, are hoping to strike a deal that would increase climate finance to help Africans adapt and prepare for worsening climate change, the US-based Public Radio International reports.  

Seyni Nafo, the spokesperson for the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN) says some of the money they’re asking for would be used to bring relief to farmers bearing the brunt of climate change.

“Net shading, drip irrigation, digital climate advisory services, all of that is a whole universe of solutions which needs to be brought to our farmers to deal with climate change. And mobilizing climate finance, this is what we have realized as a group — it is a full-time job.”

African governments already spend between 2% and 9% of their gross domestic product on adaptation programs. By 2050, the UN estimates annual adaptation costs in developing countries could increase seven-fold.

The Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance argues it is time leaders acted with the same urgency in addressing climate change as they did in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Listen to the radio presentation: https://www.pri.org/stories/2021-08-19/glasgow-climate-talks-africa-negotiators-mobilize-climate-finance