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Environmental Justice
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Global warming is a catalyst for crisis in Africa, threatening farmers and fishermen, coastlines and the critical industries of tourism and agriculture as well as fueling conflict that can arise from scarcity of arable land. While Africa bears the least responsibility for climate change largely produced by the rich industrialized nations, it is disproportionately affected. The U.S must move beyond the harmful ideologies of the past to reassume leadership on climate change.
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which led to the Kyoto Protocol, is the most effective international architecture to assist African countries in adapting to climate change. However the U.S. and other donors have turned to the World Bank, one of the biggest investors in polluting industries, to finance climate adaptation efforts in Africa. With $6.1 billion pledge by donors to the Bank’s Climate Investment Funds (CIFs), donors are claiming these pledges to fulfill existing ODA commitments. The U.S. must channel financing for climate adaptation (in the form of grants, not loans) through the UNFCCC or a new funding instrument that is guided by a multilateral decision-making process. The threats posed by climate change could reverse decades of human development gains. Specific climate initiatives are vital to ensuring the health, welfare and human security of the African people.
Africa Action’s Environmental Justice program will pursue one main objective:
* Integrate environmental considerations into the international development discourse.
Learn more about our Environmental Justice campaigns:
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which led to the Kyoto Protocol, is the most effective international architecture to assist African countries in adapting to climate change. However the U.S. and other donors have turned to the World Bank, one of the biggest investors in polluting industries, to finance climate adaptation efforts in Africa. With $6.1 billion pledge by donors to the Bank’s Climate Investment Funds (CIFs), donors are claiming these pledges to fulfill existing ODA commitments. The U.S. must channel financing for climate adaptation (in the form of grants, not loans) through the UNFCCC or a new funding instrument that is guided by a multilateral decision-making process. The threats posed by climate change could reverse decades of human development gains. Specific climate initiatives are vital to ensuring the health, welfare and human security of the African people.
Africa Action’s Environmental Justice program will pursue one main objective:
* Integrate environmental considerations into the international development discourse.
Learn more about our Environmental Justice campaigns:
