On the second day of the events of the presidential part of the work of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change “COP27” in Sharm el-Sheikh, the heads of state stressed the importance of solidarity and concerted international efforts. find innovative and effective solutions for energy security and climate protection.
In his speech, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said that the African continent needs adequate and large-scale financing and technological support to address the issue of climate impact, noting that this issue places a great responsibility on the shoulders of advanced economies to fulfill their obligations to countries. facing the greatest environmental, social and economic impacts of climate change.
For his part, the President of Burundi, Evariste Ndayishimiye, called for the need to combat the continuous deterioration of forests, taking into account the special needs of food security and agricultural development, hoping to accelerate work in the coming period to combat climate change.
For his part, the President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, in his speech on the second day of the President’s part of the work of the Climate Summit, called for the necessary measures to be taken to complete the “Paris Agreement”. to make climate action successful, because lack of capacity is the biggest challenge facing climate action plans.
In turn, the President of Cape Verde, José María, in his speech said that climate change and its consequences are the greatest dangers facing humanity, and its ability to deal with them and mitigate their consequences, pointing out that confronting them depends mainly from solidarity between countries and uniting efforts aimed at finding practical and effective solutions at the level of the global response to climate change.