Antonio Guterres asked them, Sunday, to keep the promises of financial assistance to developing countries.
Le Monde with AFP
On the first day of a regional tour in West Africa, Antonio Guterres, the Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), wanted to put the rich countries in front of their responsibility for developing countries, on the theme climate emergency.
“It’s time to go to acts. It is time to keep the promise of $ 100 billion per year in Paris,” Guterres told Dakar, in a reference to the commitment made by countries Developed, but to date not held, to collectively grant this sum to the countries of the South from 2020 to help them finance their ecological transition and to adapt to the consequences of global warming.
The UN boss made this statement after meeting the Senegalese head of state, Macky Sall, President in office of the African Union (AU), during this tour which must also lead him to Niger and in Nigeria.
African countries “not responsible”, but “often the first victims”
“The climate emergency […] increases the security risk,” said Guterres while West Africa, weakened by the Sahelian crisis was still destabilized a little more by the coups d’etat soldiers successively since 2020 in Mali, Guinea and Burkina Faso.
“African countries, which are not responsible for [climate change], are often the first victims,” added the UN chief, considering “essential that half of climate funding is devoted to programs adaptation and resilience in order to help vulnerable communities “.