Africa calls for a fair, inclusive, effective and equitable new agreement in Copenhagen

Abstract

Africa should be equitably compensated, in the context of environmental justice, for environmental resources, economic and social loses considering developed countries historical responsibilities on climate change. In this respect, Africa requires new, sustained and scaled-up finance, technology and capacity for adaptation and risk management. This is one of the key messages that African Negotiators want to convey to the international community as they wind up their Second Technical Meeting in Addis Ababa. This meeting was one of the last the continent to consolidate consensus on its common position was held in the backdrop of new developments in the ongoing negotiations on climate change, which tend to suggest the replacement or the merger of the Kyoto Protocol among others. African Negotiators’ message in this regard is unambiguous: Africa will accept neither replacement of Kyoto Protocol nor its merger with any new agreement.