The President of Senegal and President of the African Union, Macky Sall, has just been on the COP27 stage.
Addressing the leaders, delegates and ambassadors present, he says COP27 is an opportunity for both developed and developing countries to either “make history” or “be a victim of history”.
He says Africa is a force driving low carbon development, despite the fact that the continent contributes less than 4% of global greenhouse gasses.
But he adds it is “those who pollute the most” that “should pay the most in order to get our planet off this track of climate crisis”. Guterres carries on by saying there is no adapting to the growing catastrophic events causing suffering around the world.
He stresses loss and damage “can no longer be swept under the rug”.
Developing countries that contributed the least to the climate crisis are blindsided by the impacts “for which they had no warning or means of preparation”.
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Guterres calls for a universal early warning system within five years and for governments to tax the windfall profits of fossil fuels companies.
“Let’s redirect that money to people struggling with food and energy prices, and to countries suffering loss and damage caused by the climate crisis,” he adds. BBC