Kumi Naidoo talks to African climate activists
Have just come from a meeting with Kumi Naidoo- South African anti-poverty campaigner and head of Greenpeace International. Kumi himself is from Durban, and began his activism in the anti-apartheid movement here. he was addressing the participants in the African climate advocacy workshop organised by SCIAF’s sister agencies, and updating on progress.
the Kyoto Protocol is still the major talking point here. The media had been reporting the Durban would be the ‘graveyard’ for the KP and industrialised countries’ ambition to reduce their emissions. But Kumi denied this, saying that somethign can still be achieved in the next 48hours. He said, “Durban won’t be the graveyard for the KP, but it might be in intensive care.”
He went on to explain that something will be agreed here on a legally binding framework to replace the KP, but that we must redouble our efforts in the final hours to make sure that the framework is not so weak it’s meaningless.
Just about to go to an update from Christina Figueres- the head UN commissioner on climate change- to get the latest. will update soon.
