A Call for Transformative Climate Talks to Fast-Track Climate Action

A statement by the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) during the Bonn Climate Change Conference 2023 SB 58;  

Bonn, Germany;  6/6/2023  

We, the civil society from African under the auspices of the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), are here in Bonn to voice our concerns and demands on behalf of the millions of Africans who are suffering from the impacts of climate change.

We are here to remind the Parties to the UNFCCC of their moral and legal obligations to protect our planet and our people from the existential threat of global warming. We are here to hold them accountable for their actions and inactions that have caused and exacerbated this crisis.

Africa is at the frontline of climate crisis. We are experiencing the worst effects of a problem that we did not create. Our communities are facing severe water scarcity, crop failures, malnutrition, diseases, displacement, conflicts, heat waves and loss of lives due to climate change. Our natural resources and ecosystems are under immense pressure from climate change and other human activities. Our development prospects and aspirations are being undermined by inadequate support and finance from the international community.

We are not here to ask for charity or sympathy. Far from that. We are here to demand justice and equity; to demand that the Parties, especially from the North, should stop procrastination; to call on them to listen to the voices of the people, especially those who are most vulnerable and marginalized, and to act following the best available science and the principles of equity and common but differentiated responsibilities.

We are here to call rich countries to demonstrate leadership and courage in tackling this crisis that threatens our common future. We are here to call on them to act now before it is too late.

Specifically, we demand: ……   Read More  ENGLISH      FRENCH