{"id":50416,"date":"2022-02-11T12:01:42","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T12:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/?p=50416"},"modified":"2022-02-11T12:01:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-11T12:01:46","slug":"greenpeace-africa-calls-on-new-african-union-chair-senegals-president-macky-sall-to-make-2022-the-year-of-pan-african-climate-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/africa\/en\/press\/50416\/greenpeace-africa-calls-on-new-african-union-chair-senegals-president-macky-sall-to-make-2022-the-year-of-pan-african-climate-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Greenpeace Africa calls on new African Union chair, Senegal\u2019s President Macky Sall, to make 2022 the year of pan-African climate action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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JOIN THE PUSH AGAINST ENVIRONMENTAL INJUSTICE<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

Dakar, February 11, 2022 \u2013 At the start of his one-year term as President of the African Union, Senegalese President Macky Sall must seize the opportunity to unify the continent on climate action, says Greenpeace Africa.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Speaking for the first time as head of the African Union, Macky Sall mentioned protecting the environment only briefly in a list of the “many and pressing” challenges facing the continent.<\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace Africa urges the new AU chair to make this a priority of his tenure, at a time when the African continent faces climate and biodiversity crisis, and when many governments continue to ignore looming catastrophe.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cOf course industrialized countries are historically responsible for climate change, but this crisis threatens all of us and African leaders have a shared responsibility to act now and protect their citizens,\u201d said Dr Aliou Ba, Senior Oceans Campaigner at Greenpeace Africa.<\/p>\n\n

Many African communities are facing droughts, floods, loss of access to water and loss of livelihoods. Greenpeace Africa warns that these climatic phenomena and their impact on resources could soon become a source of violent conflict.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cPresident Sall must use his new role as the chair of the African Union to promote a pan-African response to the climate crisis, building on and expanding the African Union’s Agenda 2063,” said Dr Ba.<\/p>\n\n

He concluded: “African nations must unite if we\u2019re going to champion 100% renewable energy by 2050, combat desertification and overfishing effectively, and protect our continent’s natural treasures and biodiversity. And that means using instruments like the new UN oceans treaty and a permanent moratorium on logging in all tropical forests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

CTA:<\/strong>Greenpeace Africa Newsdesk: <\/strong>nafrica@greenpeace.org<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Amagor Robert Niang<\/strong>, Media and Communications for West Africa\u00a0<\/strong>, aniang@greenpeace.org<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>, +221771834049<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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