Uganda: Climate Change Compensation No Solution to Pollution

16 November 2009
opinion

The recent past saw Africa's commitment to a common stand in the forthcoming UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen (COP15). In Addis Ababa, African ministers agreed on $67 billion per annum.

Subsequently, at the 7th World Forum on Sustainable Development in Burkina Faso, the AU Commission Chairman, Jean Ping said: "Policy makers have to agree to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and adhere to the Polluter Pays Principle", the figure was revised to $65 billion.

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