During the COP29 conference held in Baku, the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), representing 54 African countries, organized a protest calling for an increase in climate financing, APA reports.
The main demand of the protestors was to secure more financial resources to combat climate change.
Charles Peter, a PACJA member, and organizer of the protest, told APA that they are represented by a delegation of about 100 people at COP29: "Our main call is to increase the volume of climate finance, which currently stands in the billions, but we demand it be in the trillions," he said.
He also pointed out that Africa is responsible for only 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
He stated that industrialized large countries produce more emissions and pollute the climate, which is why developed nations should allocate more funds to fight climate change.
"Billions are spent on wars, yet people don't see the urgency of addressing climate change. Climate change is already knocking on our door. If the funds spent on harmful activities like wars were directed toward climate restoration goals, we could save millions of people suffering from climate change. We must act together, or we will perish together," he said.
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