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17-nation summit pitches for climate funds for Sahel
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Niamey (AFP) Feb 25, 2019

Leaders of 17 countries on the rim of the Sahel began talks on Monday on a nearly $400-billion plan to help the fragile region cope with climate change.

The 2018-30 scheme, covering countries ranging from Mauritania to the Horn of Africa, aims at reducing carbon emissions and providing help in the fight against desertification and other climate-related problems.

"We are continuing to pay for the consequences of a situation for which we are far from being responsible," said Niger President Mahamadou Issoufou, whose country is hosting the summit.

Issoufou said there was a "link" between security and climate -- an association that some scientific experts agree is becoming more visible as the global warming affects weather patterns.

He referred to the emergence of the Nigerian jihadist group Boko Haram, whose insurgency is nearly 10 years old.

The rebellion has claimed more than 27,000 lives and left 1.8 million homeless in Nigeria alone and spread to other countries in the Lake Chad region.

"The emergence and development of Boko Haram are in part connected to the impoverishment of people caused by the shrinking of Lake Chad, which has had an impact on agricultural, grazing and fishing resources," he said.

Issoufou also pointed to concerns -- especially in Europe -- about uncontrolled migration as poor people sought a better life.

"The Sahel will probably be one of the main source regions for the 250 million migrants that are expected in the world in 2050," he said.

The summit -- a followup on the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change -- on Tuesday will put forward a proposal for 1.3 billion dollars in funding from outside donors, he said.

Around half a billion people live in the Sahel, where extreme heat, water scarcity and poverty make the region highly vulnerable to higher temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns.

The 17 countries at the summit comprise Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Gambia, Guinea, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sudan.

Four other countries besides Niger -- Burkina Faso, Chad, Guinea and the Republic of Congo -- sent their president for the meeting.


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AFRICA NEWS
$400 billion climate investment plan for Sahel region
Niamey (AFP) Feb 20, 2019
Heads of state of 17 countries in the Sahel region of Africa will hold a summit on Monday in Niamey to approve a climate investment plan worth $400 billion over 12 years, the Niger government said Wednesday. The "ambitious" plan for the period 2018-30 will involve "17 nations from the Atlantic Ocean to the Horn of Africa" and will represent the "translation (into actions) of our nations' commitments through the Paris agreement on climate change", Environment Minister Almoustapha Garba told reporters ... read more

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