Published on : 30/08/2022 – 03:30
About 1,500 experts, leaders and representatives of civil society are taking part in this key event, three months before COP 27 in Egypt.
With our correspondent in Libreville, Yves-Laurent Goma
« African countries are regularly hit by deadly cyclones. Sea level rise threatens megacities said the Gabonese President, Ali Bongo, addressing the participants in the Libreville meeting.
His Minister of Waters and Forests, Lee White, was more alarming. “ In Africa, climate change is a matter of life and death. And if we don’t manage to curb this problem, in 30 to 40 years, the continent will be completely destabilized. »
In Libreville, it is not a question of negotiating an agreement. The 1,500 participants have the mission of proposing actions or solutions to the damage caused by climate change.
For its part, civil society is pushing for Africa to demand from the G20 the fulfillment of his promises.
For Tanguy Gahouma, president of the group of African negotiators during COP 26 in Glasgow, the 100 million dollars per year that were promised are no longer relevant because they no longer correspond to the current objectives. They were promised in Copenhagen [COP15 en 2009, NDLR] and today, we must move on to new objectives in line with the realities on the ground. »
The roadmap resulting from Libreville will be Africa’s common position at COP 27 next November in Egypt.