A Nigerian environmental activist has declared at the first African Climate Summit that carbon markets are “bogus solutions.'
are “bogus solutions,” providing a sharp reminder that not all of Africa’s 1.3 billion people support richer countries using the continent’s green spaces to offset continued polluting at home.
The summit is part of Africa’s preparation for the next United Nations climate change conference, which is scheduled to take place in Dubai in December. “Heading from event to event doesn’t leave us with a lot of constructive thinking time” to bridge the gaps that still divide communities on the best ways to reduce emissions, Simon Stiell, the executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, said.
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