"COP26 live": end of a week of discussions in Senegal on the climate future of Africa
The Bargny coal-fired power station, about thirty kilometers from Dakar, in Senegal.
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While the COP26 ended in Glasgow, a “live COP 26” was held in Senegal to discuss the future of Africa in the face of climate change.
A so-called ecological hike in Bargny, near Dakar, ended this week of meetings.
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With our correspondent in Dakar
,
Birahim Toure
It is therefore in
Bargny
, about thirty kilometers from Dakar, that this awareness-raising event through sport took place.
A choice far from trivial because the locality is threatened today by the advance of the sea and the presence of large polluters.
It is one of the most industrialized municipalities in the Dakar region.
Bargny brings together a cement plant, an ore port under construction, an iron and steel project and
a coal-fired power station
.
This is why the Club for reflection and citizen actions (Crac) has decided to organize this awareness hike here.
“
We young people try to educate as many people as possible.
Bring together the new generation on whom this will have a great impact.
This is why we have to invite them, make as much positive noise as possible so that people can understand the issues, ”
explains Youssouf Babacar Ngom, one of the organizers.
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To read also: COP26: young Senegalese discover the issues in a workshop as real as life
Diogal Mbaye is committed to the NGO Enda, responsible for the environment program. He followed the Glasgow summit with great interest. He speaks of a mixed feeling not to say that he is disappointed, and his expectations remain numerous:
“Mixed, mixed as for a lot of actors for the African continent. Africa contributes little to climate change, everyone sees it through a low pollution rate. We only have one planet and we should all work in such a way that we can ensure this dimension of heritage, especially for the youngest ”.
COP27 will be held in Egypt next year.
"
It is a good thing that the COP is being held in Africa
", explains Diogal Mbaye.
And it is the Senegalese Madeleine Diouf Sarr who has been appointed president of the climate change delegation, a hope for Africa which will perhaps be able to be heard better.
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