Amos Khaemba, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience in coverage POLICY and current affairs in Kenya.

Nairobi – Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, will host the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP29) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate The Change (UNFCCC) will take place between 11 and 22 December, at a time when the planet is mired by a multitude of challenges brought on by climate change.

The upcoming climate change summit presents another great opportunity for leaders and policymakers to examine mechanisms for addressing this existential threat, the effects of which are already being felt around the world.

Speaking exclusively to TUKO.co.keCollins Lugongo, an environmentalist and youth leader, says leaders have a real opportunity to move from talk to real action.

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While commenting on the UN Biodiversity Summit (COP16) held in Cali, Colombia from October 21 to November 1, the environmentalist stressed the need for global leaders to quickly implement the Global Biodiversity Framework to save the planet.

“The Cali Summit was a major boost for nature protection and came at the right time. This was the largest UN meeting on biodiversity in history and there were plenty of lessons for world leaders to learn from. I believe the participants were presented with a platform to design an inclusive approach that is critical to declining biodiversity. We must now commit to implementing the outcomes of the meeting,” Lugongo said TUKO.co.ke.

In addition, Lugongo adds that the Kenyan government under the leadership of the President William Ruto should prudently use the KSh 15.2 billion (Resilience and Sustainability Fund) of the KSh 78 billion International Monetary Fund (IMF) funds to finance environmental initiatives and cushion Kenya’s disaster-affected communities.

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Lugongo stressed the need for a structured approach and sufficient accountability in government spending on climate finance to ease the burden of climate change impacts on vulnerable communities.

Source: TUKO.co.ke