African negotiators and civil society groups have said the continent’s shift from fossil fuels must not sacrifice its development, after a Brazil-led roadmap for the transition was presented at COP31 in Antalya, Türkey.
The chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN), Nana Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, told journalists in Antalya that Africa needs to make the transition. Still, it has to be a just one, with the finance and technology to implement it.
“African countries have put forward ambitious NDCs and adaptation plans, but most of that ambition depends on finance that has not yet arrived,” he said.
Mr Antwi-Boasiako said ahead of the summit that Africa cannot allow its natural resources to be stranded when it needs them to develop, PREMIUM TIMES reported.
Mithika Mwenda, executive director of the Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), a coalition of African civil society organisations, told a high-level dialogue on the roadmap that
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