President William Ruto has called on the East African Community (EAC) to devise sustainable measures to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Speaking on Friday November 24 during the EAC High-Level Forum on Climate Change and Food Security in Arusha, President Ruto said the measures will be assumed ahead of the COP28 Climate summit in Dubai later this month.
The Head of State pointed out that EAC should achieve climate financing through climate investment at the COP28 summit.
“If there is one thing we should achieve at COP28 is climate financing through climate investment,” President Ruto told his colleagues Samia Suluhu Hassan (Tanzania), Evariste Ndayishimiye (Burundi), and Salva Kiir (South Sudan).
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Ruto disclosed that Africa will be calling for the signing of a new charter on financing that will reform the current international financial system, which is not suited to the climate change era.
“The new charter should be on new ways of financing that is climate sensitive and supports positive growth,” said Ruto.
He explained that Kenya, the EAC and Africa are building a global coalition that will help give the world the necessary new dawn that will aid in mitigating the effects of climate change.
President Ruto also mentioned that Africa will showcase its assets, including hardworking and skilled human capital, immense renewable energy reserves and the largest swathes of uncultivated arable land during the summit.
The EAC meeting was also attended by Rwanda Prime Minister Edouardo Ngirente, Rebecca Kadaga, the First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda, and former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn who gave a keynote address.
