{"id":47999,"date":"2023-05-04T08:41:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T08:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/un-chief-says-developed-nations-should-deliver-climate-justice-in-africa\/"},"modified":"2023-05-04T08:45:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T08:45:50","slug":"un-chief-says-developed-nations-should-deliver-climate-justice-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/un-chief-says-developed-nations-should-deliver-climate-justice-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"UN chief says developed nations should deliver climate justice in Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guterres, who is on an official visit to Kenya, said at a media briefing in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi that the industrial north has a moral obligation to help African countries become climate resilient.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Developed countries must deliver on the 100 billion U.S. dollars a year promised to developing countries and the loss and damage fund agreed in Sharm el-Sheikh (Egypt&#8217;s Red Sea resort city),&#8221; Guterres said, adding that delivering climate justice in Africa is crucial for global peace, growth, and stability.<\/p>\n<p>While reiterating that the transition to a green and resilient future is urgent in Africa, Guterres called on developed nations and industry to support the continent&#8217;s quest for decarbonizing key economic sectors like energy.<\/p>\n<p>The UN chief hailed Kenyan President William Ruto&#8217;s commitment to a 100 percent transition to clean energy by 2030, adding that the African Union&#8217;s ambitious Green Stimulus Program will reinvigorate climate response in the continent.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres noted that South Africa&#8217;s Just Energy Transition Partnership, and Egypt and Nigeria&#8217;s energy transition plans were bold moves toward low carbon transition in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The UN chief disclosed that he has proposed a Climate Solidarity Pact in which developed countries lend financial and technical support to help emerging economies in Africa and beyond hasten their transition to green energy.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres observed that despite its minimal contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, Africa continues to bear the brunt of climate disasters like floods and droughts.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the climate-induced drought crisis engulfing the Horn of Africa region is a wake-up call for governments, donors, and the private sector to back community-based resilient programs.<\/p>\n<p>Guterres said 50 percent of climate financing in Africa should be channeled toward adaptation projects to enable communities to withstand climate-related shocks like hunger and water scarcity. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47623 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2023-05-03_at_07_11.00-691ff-3.jpg\" alt=\"Guterres observed that despite its minimal contribution to greenhouse gas emissions, Africa continues to bear the brunt of climate disasters like floods and droughts.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-47622 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/arton40658.jpg\" alt=\"Guterres has that the industrial north has a moral obligation to help African countries become climate resilient.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{Developed countries, which are major contributors to the emission of planet-warming gases like methane and carbon dioxide, should honor their financial commitment to helping Africa adapt to the unfolding climate crisis, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said here Wednesday.}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[235],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-47999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-xinhua"],"bylines":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"contributors":[{"id":235,"name":"Xinhua","slug":"xinhua","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":80}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47999"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=47999"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=47999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}