CS Tuya hosts media stakeholders briefing on Africa Climate Summit
Media’s active involvement is a critical success factor for the Africa Climate Summit, because of the important role it plays in informing, educating, and providing reliable information on complex subjects such as climate change.
Cabinet Secretary Hon Soipan Tuya this morning hosted newsroom decision-makers including editors, reporters, correspondents and senior media cadres at a media stakeholders briefing to update them on the progress made towards the successful hosting of the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi.
Environment, Climate Change and Forestry Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuya has said the September 4th to 6th Africa Climate Summit (ACS) in Nairobi will be a platform for the continent to showcase its climate action potential in niche sectors such as renewable energy, carbon sinks, sustainable agriculture and critical minerals
“His Excellency the President of Kenya, Dr William Samoei Ruto and The Africa Union Commission leadership will lead the continent at the summit in showcasing Africa’s green energy potentials, which range from solar, wind and hydro. Energy that if tapped, would power the world and minimise Green house gas emissions.
“At the summit, we will ask African countries to come and display their critical minerals potential. We will make a case for the processing of Lithium, Cobalt and other critical minerals in Africa, to not only create jobs for our youthful population but also to reduce the carbon footprints that are due to processing elsewhere,” CS Tuya said.
“Africa is bringing its resources to the world and Africa is requesting the world to bring its capital to Africa. We are hosting a climate change trade and investment summit as opposed to an aid for Climate change cummit,” CS Tuya underscored.
Out of the first ever ACS, the CS said Kenya looks forward to the adoption of a Nairobi African leaders declaration that will address the continent’s climate financing gaps including reform of global multilateral financial institutions.
“The declaration will also make proposals for reform of multilateral development banks, in a way that make the banks support low middle income countries to avoid debt distress, freeing their capital for climate change interventions.
