“Climate change is an issue determining our destiny as mankind – it will determine the wellbeing of all of us,” the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, has told the world’s nations gathered at a climate summit. The UN secretary general, António Guterres, told the conference in Bonn of his visit to the Caribbean after this year’s hurricanes. “The catastrophic damage of climate change is upon us and when the frontline is devastated, the whole army is lost” he said, railing against the $825bn invested in fossil fuels in 2016. That is why I am expressing the extreme concern of Africa in light of the increase of disasters related to climate change. The divisive issue of “loss and damage” – compensation for poor nations for the climate change damage – has been defused for now, with an expert meeting to address concerns next year.

Source: The Guardian November 15, 2017 18:13 UTC