AA / Pascal Mulegwa
The Gabonese capital, Libreville, hosts from this Monday, a consultation of African civil societies and leaders to refine the position of African States before the COP27 scheduled in Egypt next November.
The work of this African Climate Week 2022 (ACW) will continue until September 1st.
The 2021 edition of Africa Climate Week in Uganda brought together 4,500 participants, including government officials, business leaders and members of civil society.
UN Climate with global partners such as the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Environment Program and the World Bank Group are also participating in the organization, alongside the African Development Bank and the Commission United Nations Economic Forum for Africa.
“The event is designed to build momentum ahead of the pre-COP27 to be held in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and COP27 in Egypt,” the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) said in a statement.
This framework, which will bring together governments, the private sector, cities, indigenous communities, young people and civil society, will make it possible to discuss “strengthening resilience to climate risks, accelerating the transition to a low emissions and strengthening partnerships to solve pressing problems,” according to the same source.
The choice of Gabon for these meetings is no coincidence.
The country of less than 10 million inhabitants is located in the heart of the Central African rainforest, called “the second lung of the earth”, after the Amazon.
Gabon was, in June 2021, the first African country to be rewarded by international funds for its contribution to the absorption of CO2 in the world thanks to its programs to preserve its forest, which covers 90% of its territory.
Libreville pleads for the establishment in the world of “biodiversity credits” on the model of carbon credits.
As a low polluter, the African continent is the first victim of global warming and, at all climate conferences, asks major polluters (highly industrialized countries) to offset the preservation of African biodiversity with funding.
The continent’s first lung, the DRC, which was expecting 10 billion dollars in Glasgow, Scotland, on the sidelines of COP26, had only obtained an agreement for 500 million dollars for 5 years.
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