Africa-Press – Angola. Angola, as president of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OEACP), will defend the organization’s interests and concerns regarding climate change, as a large part of its members are exposed to the phenomenon and its “serious consequences”.
The statement was made this Saturday, in Dubai, by the Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, when speaking at the Climate Summit, COP 28.
According to the Angolan statesman, climate change brings serious consequences to these OEACP countries, such as “a frightening rise in ocean and sea levels, which threatens to make some Pacific and Caribbean islands disappear from the map”.
João Lourenço highlighted the importance that the issue of financial resources allocated to the climate assumes for the countries of these three regions of the world, as well as the urgency of establishing, during this COP28, the framework of a new agreement for the financing necessary to carry out programs at a global level, within the scope of climate action.
“We are pleased with the fact that the Loss and Damage Fund was finally approved at this COP 28, due to the great relevance it has for this group of countries that are among the most vulnerable in the world to the impacts of climate change”, he highlighted.
Seeking to express the general feeling of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States, he highlighted the need for COP 28 to formulate a new financial architecture for climate and consider climate justice as one of its most solid pillars.
He highlighted the importance of fulfilling the repeated promises of financial contributions and access to financing under favorable conditions for less industrialized and less developed countries.
Among these, he highlighted the small island states most threatened by harmful environmental phenomena resulting from climate change.
“I believe that the growing sensitivity of the people and nations of the world to issues related to the climate can lead to the importance of solidarity among all being reinforced at this COP 28”, stated President João Lourenço.
In this way, according to the Angolan Head of State, the goals recommended both at this COP28 and in previous ones can be faced with more commitment and more determination, so that they are achieved within the established deadlines.
The Angolan capital, Luanda, hosted, in December 2022, the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Organization of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OEACP), during which he assumed the Presidency of the organization.
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