Umhlangano wakuqala wabakhokheli bamazwe ezwekazi leAfrica obuhlaziya indaba yokuguquka komkhathi owe-Africa Climate Summit ugqhitshwe ngoLwesithathu eNairobi, Kenya.
Abakhokheli be-Africa abangene lumhlangano bathethe isinqumo sokuthi kubuthaniswe imali kusetshenziswa imithelo emitsha eye-carbon tax, eyokulwisana lokuguquka komumo womkhathi, kulenkuthazo yokuthi amazwe athuthukileyo akhuphe imali enengi ezangena kules’isikhwama.
Obethunywe ngumongameli we-America kulumhlangano, uMnumzana John Kerry, wazise ngoLwesibili ukuthi ilizwe lakhe lizakhupha izigidi ezingamakhulu amathathu zamadola eMelika, eyokuphathisa ekulinyweni kwezilimo ezingaphazanyiswa yikuguquka komumo womkhathi eAfrica.
Ekhuluma leStudio7, obengumphathintambo wogatsha lwezomumo womkhathi lokwethekelelwa kwelizwe ongene lumhlangano emele umongameli weZimbabwe, uMnumzana Nqobizitha Mangaliso Ndlovu, uthe umhlangano lo uphe ithuba abakhokheli beAfrica ukuthi baxoxisane ngokuthi kungenziwa njani ngaloludubo.
“Sinanzelele ukuthi iAfrica ayisiyo ebangele ukuthi sifike lapha esesifike khona. Ngakho amazwe athuthukileyo kufanele abe yikho akhupha imali ukuze udaba lokuguquka komumo womkhathi lulungisiswe," kutsho uMnu. Ndlovu.