Mahamadou ISSOUFOU

"Producing less than 4% of greenhouse gas emissions, Africa is less responsible for climate change than other regions of the world. Yet its citizens and ecosystems are and will continue to be impacted by the inaction of those who are not doing enough to meet the temperature targets agreed upon in the Paris Agreement. Africa has decided to engage in mitigation actions to reduce the magnitude of human-induced global warming through carbon capture and sequestration, particularly in adaptation actions to reduce natural and human systems’ vulnerability to climate change. Sharing this vision of the "African solution" to climate change is the aim of my participation in the Climate Overshoot Commission, a platform that I have no doubt will seek to promote fair and equitable solutions to the challenge of climate change.”