Many people from different African countries are protesting the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi. They believe that the event has been taken over by big companies and governments from the Western world.
The organizers referred to the march as a “different meeting” compared to the main conference happening at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre in Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city.
They say that the plans for the summit have been taken over by companies, consultants, and organizations that support the West and are pushing their own interests.
We are here to show how strong people can be. Hardi Yakubu, from the African Rising Movement, said that what is happening at KICC is benefiting the large companies that are causing pollution.
In a letter to Kenya’s President William Ruto, more than 100 organizations and climate change groups from Africa and other countries asked African leaders to avoid “fake solutions like carbon markets, where rich countries can keep polluting. ”
Teresa Anderson, from the charity ActionAid, says that the formal summit created a space for corporations to show themselves as the solution to climate change, while leaving out the people who are actually affected.
They want to create a group of African experts to change the summit’s plan, center on renewable energy, encourage open conversations between citizens and policymakers, and make sure there is enough money for climate efforts.
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African climate summit taken over by the West – campaigners claim
