[Courtesy]President Uhuru Kenyatta has underscored the negative impacts of climate change on Africa's peace and security, and rallied the continent develop a common position ahead of this year's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). "Climate change is a key defining development and the foremost emerging security challenge of our time. "As African leaders specifically and global leaders more generally, we can no longer ignore the serious security challenges associated with climate change," the President said. President Kenyatta asked the international community to support Africa's climate change mitigation efforts by linking existing early warming systems with decision-making tools so as to prevent conflicts. President Tshisekedi assured President Kenyatta of his country's backing and that of the entire African Union during Kenya's tenure on the UN Security Council.

Source: Standard Digital March 09, 2021 11:26 UTC