President Ruto has emphasized that Africa will showcase its assets, inclusive of a hardworking and skilled human capital, immense renewable energy reserves, and the largest swathes of uncultivated arable land

Speaking at the EAC High-Level Forum on Climate Change and Food Security in Arusha, President Ruto reiterated the potential bestowed within the continent of Africa that holds the potential to lead the shift to clean energy.

The president having hosted the first African Climate Summit had constantly pointed out it is time the world supports the continent in technology and climate financing considering the immense resources within that are essential for maximizing renewable energy.

President William Ruto has said innovative and sustainable measures must be devised to mitigate the effects of climate change. “At COP 28, Africa will be calling for a new financial charter that will reform the current international financial system, which is an impediment to the inclusive and sustainable development required to mitigate climate change,” said President Ruto.

These measures, he noted, will be assumed by the East African Community as it heads to Dubai for COP28 later this month as the continent intends to champion the path to renewable energy.

He pointed out that these resources offer the globe the best opportunity for global green industrialization and thus the ability to decarbonize manufacturing. This has been a major call from the global stage to cut down on emissions which necessitates the phased down of fossil fuels and investing more in renewable energy.

If there is one thing we should achieve at COP28 is climate financing through climate investment

“If there is one thing we should achieve at COP28 is climate financing through climate investment,” President Ruto told his colleagues Samia Suluhu Hassan (Tanzania), Evariste Ndayishimiye (Burundi), and Salva Kiir (South Sudan).

Also at the meeting, which came ahead of the EAC Heads of State Summit, were Rwanda Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente and Ms Rebecca Kadaga, the First Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda.

President Ruto said Africa will, therefore, be calling for the signing of a new charter on financing that will reform the current international financial system, which is not suited to the climate change era.

“The new charter should be on new ways of financing that are climate sensitive and support positive growth,” he said.

Kenya, the EAC, and Africa, he explained, are building a global coalition that will help give the world the necessary new dawn that will aid in mitigating the effects of climate change.