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The activists say the countries responsible for greenhouse gas emissions owe Africa for the suffering caused by the effects of climate change
Women climate activists in Senegal took to the streets of Dakar recently to demand climate justice, ahead of the United Nations COP29 summit in Azerbaijan this month.
Attended by some 50 activists, they are seeking protection of the country’s resources and calling for a carbon-free future. Women representatives said that the organizers of COP 29 have been spending billions to do their conferences, but nothing has been done to safeguard the interests of the people affected by climate change. Climate injustice is an after-effect of industrialized countries’ race to develop at the cost of others ignoring the environment. Global warming, they maintained, has had a very negative impact, particularly on women in the rural world.
This year has seen record-breaking floods in Senegal affecting tens of thousands of people and damaging more than 1,000 hectares of crops in the north and east of the country. The activists say the countries responsible for greenhouse gas emissions owe Africa for the suffering caused by the effects of climate change.
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The main organizer of the march, Dakar-based activist Khady Camara, said that ahead of the climate summit, she is calling on countries to respect the Paris Agreement.
