Climate change negotiations, is Africa benefitting?

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The nature of excitement coupled with phony expectations have left a lot of neutrals wondering as to what exactly is in store for the African continent. It is common knowledge that in any given country, there is not much political will to tackle climate change head-on but when it comes to attending these international conferences, the hype involved is as if it would be the second coming of Jesus Christ. Africa has not benefitted from these climate change negotiations, as the African countries would be at pains to portray. These international climate change meetings always give leverage to carbon emitting nations to pollute more, then come back to negotiate while they continue to emit more carbon into the atmosphere. The major undoing for Africa is to continue looking for solutions from carbon sinners, who are not yet ready to stop carbon emissions. COP21 is already behind us or probably forgotten, so are the pledges and commitments to reduce greenhouse gases. Yes, nations pledged and agreed, but it largely remains to be seen if these commitments are going to be implemented as agreed upon. Africa is vulnerable in a number of aspects; that is in terms of its voice, cohesion and meaningful unity. On paper, Africa always scores spectacular goals, but the situation on the ground does not show that. This is not aimed at watering down the efforts of the African representatives, but they always play into the tiger’s hands. I doubt if the African continent can claim successes and satisfaction from the recent COP21 resolutions. Besides the French hospitality and its famed cuisine, l doubt if there is anything practical or tangible to see. I might sound more of a pessimist, but a deeper analysis would reveal that it is not yet dawn as far as the climate matrix is concerned. Read the full article at NewsDay