At Africa Climate Week, CSOs, farmers seek stronger emphasis on climate change adaptation
Nigeria, March 22 -- More than 40 civil society organisations across Africa Thursday unanimously agreed that the region's governments need to pay urgent attention to climate change issues.
In a joint statement issued at the end of the 2019 Africa Climate Week held in Accra, Ghana, the group called for a transformation of the current industrial agriculture by prioritising agroecology.
The theme for this year's event, which held between March 18 - 22, was 'Climate Action in Africa: A race we can win.'
"The solution to climate change is within the realm of non-market mechanisms and pro-people initiatives," said Labram Musah of the Vision for Alternative Development, Ghana.
"Agroecology will not only tackle climate change, it will also en...
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