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The Climate Question: Did ‘Africa’s COP’ deliver for Africa?

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28/11/2022 GMT

Did ‘Africa’s COP’ deliver for Africa?

BBC World Service - The Climate Question, Did ‘Africa’s COP’ deliver for Africa?

African nations came to COP wanting the developed world to deliver on their promises.

Held in Egypt and regarded as ‘Africa's COP’, what did the UN’s climate conference actually achieve for the continent?

At the start of COP 27 Egyptian President Fattah al-Sisi told the world that it was vital that African countries receive "appropriate support and funding according to the principle of shared responsibilities and burdens”. 

For years the richest nations have been accused of failing to meet their $100 billion-a-year pledge for funding. It turn out this doesn’t even scratch the surface - a recent report puts the estimated figure for all of Africa’s climate needs closer to $2.8 trillion dollars.

The Climate Question looks at whether COP 27 made a difference to the money flowing and asks how African countries will get what they need to protect themselves from climate change. Presenters Graihagh Jackson and Neal Razzell are joined by:

Peter Okweche from the BBC’s Focus on Africa 
Gyude Moore, former Liberian government minister, now Senior Policy Fellow for the Centre for Global Development in Washington
Ayaan Adam, Senior Director at The Africa Finance Corporation 
Mxolisi Kaunda, Mayor of Durban 
Yvonne Denise Aki-Sawyerr, Mayor of Freetown 
The Climate Question’s Jordan Dunbar at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh

Email us: theclimatequestion@bbc.com

Producers: Georgia Coan and Sophie Eastaugh
Researcher: Natasha Fernandes
Production Coordinators: Siobhan Reed and Helena Warwick-Cross
Series Producer: Alex Lewis
Editor: Richard Fenton Smith
Sound Engineer: Graham Puddifoot

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