06 November 2009
climate

Determined not to get a "raw deal", Africa has emerged with "the most unified voice" compared with other negotiating blocs at the current United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Barcelona negotiations.

African negotiators in Barcelona on Thursday told journalists in Johannesburg, that they would "boycott" discussions regarding the Kyoto Protocol at the Barcelona negotiations until developed (Annex-1) countries made real commitments on greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions. Participation in the discussions on other matters continued.

"We need certain commitments. We know the scientific evidence. We know the impacts on agriculture, health and so on. We know what action needs to take place. And we are expecting that there have to be ambitious targets taken on by Annex-1 countries - and at the moment they are not coming up with that," emphasised Lesotho Ambassador in Germany and coordinator and chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) within the IPCC Makase Nyaphisi.

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