By Kofi Adu Domfeh, in Madrid, Spain
It’s difficult for Africa to engage in the climate
negotiations without emotions, says Ambassador Tosi Mpanu Mpanu, a top African
climate negotiator. As a continent that contributed least to climate change,
Africa remains most vulnerable to the impacts – experiencing increasing extreme
weather events such as cyclones, droughts, floods and desertification. The
vulnerability of the African continent was recently evident when more than
1,000 people were killed across Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe due to Cyclone
Idai. The World Bank estimates that the economic loss from cyclone Idai is
around $2 billion dollars. INC
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