{"id":51748,"date":"2024-10-25T10:05:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T10:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/chogm-2024-kagame-challenges-commonwealth-leaders-against-empty-promises-on\/"},"modified":"2024-10-27T15:40:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-27T15:40:08","slug":"chogm-2024-kagame-challenges-commonwealth-leaders-against-empty-promises-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/chogm-2024-kagame-challenges-commonwealth-leaders-against-empty-promises-on\/","title":{"rendered":"CHOGM 2024: Kagame challenges Commonwealth leaders against \u201cempty promises\u201d on climate action"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reflecting on Rwanda\u2019s two-year term as Commonwealth Chair-In-Office, the Rwandan Head of State noted the particular climate vulnerabilities faced by small island nations like Samoa, which this year became the first Pacific island state to host CHOGM.<\/p>\n

\u201cTemperatures are rising, and for small island developing states in the Pacific and the Caribbean, this is literally a matter of survival,\u201d Kagame emphasized.<\/p>\n

As the world prepares for the forthcoming COP-29, an annual international conference that addresses climate change, President Kagame stressed the need for genuine commitments, specifically urging wealthy nations to increase climate financing for developing countries without adding to their debt burdens.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat will make us cross the finish line in the fight against climate change is more finance from wealthy countries. Still, our collective efforts must not stop there,\u201d Kagame stated. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe terms must be favourable, without pushing developing countries into more debt,” he added.<\/p>\n

Rwanda, he noted, continues to back the Sustainable Markets Initiative led by King Charles III, advocating for green investments across Commonwealth countries.<\/p>\n

President Kagame also highlighted the need to empower young people, whom he described as the Commonwealth\u2019s comparative advantage\u2014a unique and valuable asset for the 56-member community.<\/p>\n

\u201cCreating digital jobs for women and young people should remain at the top of the agenda this year,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

He also stressed the Commonwealth\u2019s potential to harness technology for sustainable development, saying, \u201cWe must rely on the potential for innovation and technology to resolve the daunting challenge of rising unemployment and irregular migration.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cArtificial intelligence should not become a problem. If we use it responsibly and establish sound policies, we can transcend the realm of our imagination and become even more resilient.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Kagame has served as Chairperson of the Commonwealth since June 2022, after Rwanda successfully hosted CHOGM.<\/p>\n

During the opening ceremony on Friday, he congratulated Samoa Prime Minister Fiam\u0113 Naomi Mata\u2019afa and wished her success as Chair, assuring her of Rwanda\u2019s support.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt has been a great honour for Rwanda to serve as Chair-in-Office for the past two years,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

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President Paul Kagame has urged leaders attending the 2024 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Samoa to turn words into action in the global fight against climate change, warning that \u201cempty promises can only move the needle for so long.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000076334,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[192],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-51748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-wycliffe-nyamasege"],"bylines":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"contributors":[{"id":192,"name":"Wycliffe Nyamasege","slug":"wycliffe-nyamasege","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":131}],"featured_image":{"id":2000076334,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gasfmufwoaaf9wb.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gasfmufwoaaf9wb.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gasfmufwoaaf9wb.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gasfmufwoaaf9wb.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gasfmufwoaaf9wb.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/gasfmufwoaaf9wb.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51748","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\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000076334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51748"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=51748"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=51748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}