Ghana's efforts against climate change have been haphazard -Kufuor
Former president John Agyekum Kufuor has called on government to make a consented effort to help deal with global concerns on climate change.
Advertisement
According to him, efforts being made in Ghana and across the world have been “haphazard and static.”
Ex-president Kufuor made these observations on Accra-based Joy FM following his appointment as a United Nations Special Envoy on Climate Change.
The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, made the appointment which also saw the honour conferred on former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg.
The two special envoys are expected to mobilize political will and action ahead of the 2014 Climate Summit.
Their engagement with world leaders will assist with discussions at the 2014 Climate Summit Ban Ki-moon plans to convene in New York in September during the annual General Assembly
Accepting the honour, former president Kufuor said although the task is a big challenge, he sees it as a worthy course and a duty to humanity.
“Climate change is the biggest issue of our time now and for the Secretary General to call me to support him in coming to some consensus on how to tackle this challenge I saw it as something that I should accept,” he said.
Other Trending Stories
He said as part of his duty, he would be meeting world leaders to impress upon them the necessity for them to subscribe to the resolution that would be made in September 2014 in the fight against climate change.
“What we want to do now is to take a bird’s eye view of things so governments will shape policies that will bring all the nations together to target on fighting climate change together,” he noted.