UNFCCC members asked to tackle climate change

Accra, May 19, GNA - Mr Gebru Jember Endalew, Chair of the Least Developed Countries group (LDC) has called on Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to redouble their efforts to tackle climate change.

Mr Endalew who made the call in a statement issued in Bonn, Germany at the end of the May climate change session and copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra said all countries should take fair and ambitious actions to tackle climate change.

Mr Endalew said: 'The LDCs emphasise that the global response to climate change must be consistent with the best available science.

He said: "Climate change impacts are already striking all corners of the world, and are anticipated to grow substantially over the next few decades.

'The longer we wait, the more costly adaptation, loss and damage, and mitigation will become. We risk undermining our efforts to eradicate poverty and keep in line with our sustainable development goals," he added.

"The LDCs are concerned that we are still far from addressing actual finance needs of developing countries, whose Nationally Determined Contributions tell us that we need to find trillions not billions.

'Mobilising climate finance is crucial for LDCs and other developing countries to implement the Paris Agreement.

"The LDCs are pleased that some valuable progress was made during this conference but we are not moving fast enough,' he said. GNA

By Josephine Naaeke, GNA