Co-organized by the United Nations and the African Union, the Libreville meeting will bring together leaders and representatives of civil society. This will include defining the position of African countries for COP 27 scheduled in Egypt next November.
Gabon hosts from this Monday, August 29 the African Climate Week which will be held until Thursday. On Saturday, more than a hundred young people gathered within the Pan-African Alliance for Climate Justice organized a march to challenge world leaders on the ravages of climate change in Africa.
They came from all over the African continent to beat the asphalt on the boulevard Triomphal Omar Bongo. Everyone is calling for climate justice. Like Kevin, from Madagascar. ” We had an unprecedented drought, he recalls. In March we had four cyclones which impacted over 200,000 people. Until now, there are more than 2000 destroyed and nobody takes care of it and that is an injustice. »
Young people from South Africa and Tanzania who took part in the march say they live in the region most affected by climate change in Africa. The southern part of the continent is repeatedly hit by cyclones and droughts. Idriss from Chad describes an alarming situation in his country: “ To the west there is the disappearance of Lake Chad ; to the north, there is the advance of the desert ; in the center right now, there are floods everywhere. We are victims of climate change. »
At the end of the march, the young people presented a memorandum to Lee White, Gabonese Minister of Water and Forests who will lead the work of the African Climate Week in the Gabonese capital.