By Monday Ocheja
A Nigerian expert on Climate and Environment, Gloria Kasang Bulus, has called on world leaders to increase allocation to climate financing to address the loss of rich biodiversity in Africa.
She spoke with AFRICA PRIME NEWS on the side-line of #ClimateTalks, the ongoing Conference of Parties (#COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland.
According to her, Africa contributed only 4% of the global warming, but the continent is at the receiving end, from the activities of Industrialized Nations, who “contributes more to climate change and as a result it’s fast affecting our environment.”
She therefore called on the industrialised nations to help Africa remedy the situation.
Bulus expressed concern that African leaders, who are supposed to stand for the continent are doing almost nothing to contain or remedy the ugly situation.
“For example, the Nigerian Government is supposed to engage stakeholders and come up with a policy that should checkmate activities which deplete the ozone layers, like cutting down of trees, burning of bush, and other unhealthy activities on the environment, but we are yet to see that happen,” she said.
According to her, discussion in #COP26Glasgow is focused on “many issues including fossil fuel, which is one of the biggest threats on global warming,” she added.