Opinion| What African Countries Got Out Of COP26

MOUHAMADOU BAMBA SYLLA|

THE 26th United Nations climate change conference, COP26, recently came to an end, having aimed to get countries united in the fight against climate change.

Climate change issues are likely to hit African countries the hardest though the continent is the least responsible for driving climate change. We asked Mouhamadou Bamba Sylla the AIMS-Canada Research Chair in Climate Change Science at AIMS-Rwanda, who is a lead author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment Report 6 for Working Group 1, what the conference meant for African countries.

What was the agenda that African countries took to COP26?

According to the African Group of Negotiators, the main African agenda items can be summarised as follows.

• Climate responsibility: Developed nations have to take their responsibilities and lead the way to reaching zero net emissions by 2050.
• Climate finance and adaptation: Developed nations have to mobilise enough funds