GLASGOW: PRESIDENT AKUFO -ADDO ADDRESSES UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, 2nd November 2021, delivered a statement on Ghana’s position on Climate Change, as well as measures put in place to combat the threat it poses, at the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference, in Glasgow, Scotland. 

President Akufo-Addo in his address noted that even though we, in Africa, are the least of the contributors to this phenomenon, responsible for less than four percent (4%) of the global volume of carbon emissions, we suffer the most because our agrarian and resource-driven economies are peculiarly susceptible to the effects of climate change, and our capacity to withstand its shocks is weak. 

He added that the Almighty has blessed Africa's lands with abundant natural resources, and it would be wholly unfair for the world to demand that Africa abandons the exploitation of these same resources needed to finance her development, and help us to cope better with the threat of climate change, at a time when many countries on the continent have only just discovered them. 

"The development and industrialization of the wealthy nations of today were also hinged on the exploitation of their natural resources. This development came at the expense of pollution and the emission of greenhouse gases. Even today, the western world is responsible for 76% of carbon emissions".  

Nana Akufo-Addo again noted that Ghana acknowledges the importance and effects of Climate Change, and the urgent need to combat it, and we acknowledge equally the importance of protecting our development.

" We believe that a balance must be struck and maintained between our social, economic and environmental imperatives".He added.

Story By: Collins Boateng-VOV NEWS( VOV RADIO 95.7FM)