African Civil society calls upon AMCEN to champion Vital imperatives for Africa

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Nairobi, Kenya August 23...The pan African climate justice alliance converged an African Civil society roundtable on climate action in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia ahead of the 19th session of Africa ministerial conference on environment (AMCEN) scheduled to take place in Addis Ababa,  Ethiopia

It brought together a diverse group of Civil society organisations The African Union, African Development bank, governmental bodies, experts and other stakeholders wh are deeply invested in addressing the pressing environmental challenges and the diverse and dynamic inter linkages in environmental issues and the ongoing climate crisis

"We acknowledge  that biodiversity is essential for human health, livelihoods, food security and cultural diversity and we express our concern over the alarming rate of biodiversity loss an degradation in Africa and globally" indicated a statement 

Head of program and research at pan African climate justice alliance Mr Charles mwangi highlighted the importance of AMCEN and asked the progress of implementation status of the past resolutions  

"There have been many sessions of the AMCEN an we are asking, have the resolutions been implemented to achieve climate justice for Africa"

The theme of the 19th AMCEN session, "Seizing opportunities and enhancing collaboration to address environmental challenges in Africa"

"The continent has seen evolving of its own leadership and this is a key step in ensuring  we have the relevant tools, financial systems and partnership critical for our collective goal of a climate-resilient Africa" said Dr Olufunso Somorin Regional principal officer at the African Development bank 








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