By Edward Dankwah
Accra, July 12, GNA – Mr. Seidu Issifu, Minister of State for Climate Change and Sustainability, has called for the urgent establishment of a climate debt forgiveness mechanism to support countries disproportionately affected by the consequences of climate change.
He said developing nations, especially in Africa, were being forced into deeper debt traps as they tried to cope with the increasingly severe impacts of climate-related disasters, impacts they did little to cause.
The Minister of State was speaking during a courtesy visit paid by the African Group of Negotiators Experts Support (AGNES) in Accra.
The visit was to welcome the Minister into Africa’s climate negotiation…