Ambassador Ahmed Haggag, Advisor to the Union of African Journalists (UAJ), has issued a clarion call to African diplomats, journalists and media houses to form a coordinated advocacy front on the international stage on climate negotiations.
He emphasized that Africa faces a severe disparity on the global stage, despite being responsible for only 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Meanwhile, the continent bears the heaviest burden of these destructive consequences.
According to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) State of the Climate in Africa 2025 report published on June 18, 2026, the Africa is warming faster than the global average.The continent’s rate of warming since 1991 is substantially higher than in any of the previous 30-year periods.
Also, in 2025 ocean heat content and sea-surface temperature dipped lower than the record levels observed in 2023 and 2024 but remains among the highest recorded over the past decade.
The report also reveals that floods accounted for more than half of reported events. In May, flooding in Nigeria led to over 200 deaths, and flooding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in April led to over 160 deaths.
Additionally, the 2024/2025 tropical cyclone season was particularly active in the South Indian Ocean with drought affecting more than 8.5 million people in East Africa.
These disasters represent just a fraction of the devasting impact of climate change across the continent.
Read more on https://wmo.int/resources/publication-series/state-of-climate-africa/state-of-climate-africa-2025
Meanwhile, “Africa does not get any benefit in spite of resolutions of the environmental conferences to assist the countries who are not producing a lot of carbon sites,” said Ambassador Haggag at the ongoing 63rd African Journalists Training Course in Cairo on Monday.
He urged African diplomats, journalists and media outlets to champion cooperation among African countries in climate change, emphasizing that “we have to get our due share of compensation.”
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