The Kenyan government has again called for the strengthening of global accountability on climate change as a matter of urgency.
It has also advocated for the prompt implementation of international climate obligations consistent with the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
Speaking at the opening of the African-led Climate Solutions Conference held at the Centre for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF) campus in Nairobi, Korir Sing’oei, the Foreign Affairs Principal Secretary cautioned that Africa will keep hearing the loudest climate-related pains while at the same time it will remain the smallest contributor to global emissions if climate promises are not kept.
The three-day high-level summit, aimed at formulating a single African stand on climate justice, financing, and accountability, which will be the main issues at the next global climate negotiations.
Sing’oei stated that the ongoing consequences of climate change, such as the heavy floods and droughts that go on for a very long time, have so much disturbed the very existence of Africa’s economy and people that climate action is simply not an option anymore.
Kenya and its African allies, have now recognized the international law as a major weapon with which to seek fairness, hold responsible, and make developed nations do real work in helping to solve the climate problem.
