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Kenya's Ruto on Climate Change: 'We Have No Options'
Kenya's Ruto on Climate Change: 'We Have No Options'
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Kenyan President William Ruto has called to account developed countries for the climate change and pollution during an interview he gave on the sidelines of the African Union (AU) summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 19 February.
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Kenyan President William Ruto has called developed countries to account for climate change and pollution during an interview with local media on the sidelines of the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 19.The Kenyan president stated that the global community can not be "reckless" and "indifferent" when it comes to tackling climate change. The president also stated that more should be done to fight global warming, including a plan to cut planet-heating emissions from fossil fuels. According to scientific research, droughts, floods, storms and heatwaves will only intensify and become more frequent due to global warming. The Horn of Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, where extreme weather occurs more frequently and with more intensity. According to UN estimates, in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, about 22 million people are at risk of starvation in areas affected by the worst drought in the last four decades.The UN also has repeatedly stated that Africa is among the regions that suffer the most from the impact of global warming, while contributing only 2 or 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions.At the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) held last November, developed nations agreed to establish a "loss and damage" fund with the aim of providing help for poorer countries most affected by climate change effects.
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Kenya's Ruto on Climate Change: 'We Have No Options'
African governments have been demanding that the world's largest polluters pay for the damage caused by their emissions for many years. Kenyan President William Ruto touched on the issue in one of his latest interviews.
Kenyan President William Ruto has called developed countries to account for climate change and pollution during an interview with local media
on the sidelines of the African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on February 19.
The Kenyan president stated that the global community can not be "reckless" and "indifferent" when it comes to tackling climate change.
"We want a system that is accountable, that holds the emitters who pollute the world to account. If it is not accountable, then it is corrupt," said Ruto, adding that African countries should be treated respectfully in climate talks. "We are at a place where we have no options," he noted.
13 February 2023, 10:27 GMT
The president also stated that more should be done to fight global warming, including a plan to cut planet-heating emissions from fossil fuels.
"Continuing the impunity of turning on fossil fuel, turning on coal, as is happening today, puts the whole globe at risk," Ruto stated.
According to
scientific research, droughts, floods, storms and heatwaves will only intensify and become more frequent due to global warming.
The Horn of Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change, where extreme weather occurs more frequently and with more intensity. According to UN estimates, in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, about 22 million people are at risk of starvation in areas affected by the worst drought in the last four decades.
The UN also has repeatedly stated that Africa is among the regions that suffer the most from the impact of global warming,
while contributing only 2 or 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
At the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) held last November, developed nations agreed to establish a "loss and damage" fund with the aim of providing help for poorer countries most affected by climate change effects.
