Africa is set to Burn

Friends of the Earth Africa criticizes the draft Paris agreement for failing to provide adequate resources for adaptation, ignoring climate debt, and promoting market-based mechanisms like REDD that may facilitate land grabs. The organization warns that the current trajectory could lead to 5 to 8 degrees of warming in Africa, causing systemic ecological collapse and mass casualties.

• The draft Paris agreement is projected to put the world on a trajectory for 3 to 4 degrees of warming, which would result in 5 to 8 degrees of warming for Africa, leading to severe heatwaves, droughts, floods, and the drowning of coastal cities.
• The draft agreement is criticized for failing to recognize the climate debt owed to Africa and for absolving imperial powers of liability regarding 'loss and damage' caused by climate change.
• Climate finance promises are viewed as deceptive, with imperial powers rebranding development aid and counting profit-driven loans and private investments as climate finance.
• The document argues that the agreement's focus on 'sustainable development' in market terms, specifically through carbon trading and REDD (reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation), is linked to land and water grabs.

APA

admin (2015). Africa is set to Burn. Friends of the Earth International. https://www.foei.org/friends-of-the-earth-africa-africa-is-set-to-burn/

Chicago

admin. Africa is set to Burn. Friends of the Earth International, 2015. https://www.foei.org/friends-of-the-earth-africa-africa-is-set-to-burn/.

Wikipedia

{{cite press release |last1=admin |title=Africa is set to Burn |publisher=Friends of the Earth International |date=11 December 2015 |url=https://www.foei.org/friends-of-the-earth-africa-africa-is-set-to-burn/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@misc{admin2015africa, author = {admin}, title = {{Africa is set to Burn}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth International}, year = {2015}, month = dec, url = {https://www.foei.org/friends-of-the-earth-africa-africa-is-set-to-burn/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }