In Africa, countries are spending billions to cope with climate crisis

African countries, Kenya included, are spending a fortune to adapt to the effects of climate change, a new report has shown.

The report, Adapt or Die, by Power Shift Africa shows the brunt African countries will bear despite contributing the least to the climate crisis.

It highlights that Kenya will require substantive international climate finance, investment and partnerships to achieve its adaptation goals.

Other countries that were part of the study include Ethiopia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan and Togo. 

...Mohamed Adow, Power Shift Africa director, said in a statement that Africa is facing an adaptation crisis despite the reality of climate change being alive.

“This report shows the deep injustice of the climate emergency.  Some of the poorest countries in the world are having to use “It is vital that countries heed these warnings and do much more to provide the finance needed to tackle these adaptation needs.  It is simply not acceptable for the costs to fall on those people who are suffering the most while contributing the least to climate change,” he added.

Mr Adow said this year’s Conference of Parties, that will be held in Africa, expansively discusses adaptation especially for Africa.

“This needs to be the ‘Adaptation COP’ and address the historic imbalance which has seen adaptation neglected for far too long. We need to see massive levels of new funding committed at COP27 as well as a fund set up to deal with the permanent loss and damage caused by climate change,” he said.scarce resources to adapt to a crisis not of their making,” he said.