Afran : African parliamentarians bemoan slow progress in climate change negotiations
on 2009/12/13 10:40:58
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LAGOS, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- The Pan African Parliamentarians Network on Climate Change (PAPNCC) on Friday bemoaned the lack of progress in negotiations on climate change at the ongoing UN Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen.

Awudu Mbaya Cyprian, president of PAPNCC, said in Copenhagen on Friday that African countries had embraced the cause of climate justice, the News Agency of Nigeria reported.

"We are working together to ensure success in the negotiations on the implementation of the Kyoto protocol," he told reporters.

"We want the full, effective and sustained implementation of the UN Climate Convention with a common African position," Cyprian said.

The African parliamentarians, who held a special briefing with delegates and the media, warned that industrialized countries should be aware that this is the last chance to act selflessly to ensure that the future generations have a cooler world to live in.

Speaking at the forum, Nigerian representative, Ezuiche Ubani, said that Africa attached great importance to the ongoing conference because the climate crisis was worse than the current global financial crisis.

"The developed countries must show absolute concern and determination to cut their greenhouse gases' emission," he said.

"This is not the time to play politics with the lives of people; we from Africa will not agree to any deal that does not ratify the position of Africa," Ubani added.

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