Minister within the Ministry of Finance, Jennifer Webster, told a climate change and development for Africa conference this week in Ethiopia that while there is need for a legally binding international climate treaty, progress to date remains bleak, and there are also serious problems with climate finances.
Webster, who was representing President Bharrat Jagdeo at the first annual Conference on Climate Change and Development for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, scheduled from October 17-19, declared that such a treaty is “the only way to legitimately balance the obligation to fix the legacy of the past with the opportunity to participate in the green economy of the future.”
However, according to a copy of Webster’s address at the conference, she highlighted another significant issue in
