'Africa to be hit hardest' by climate change

Another way to enrich its politicians. Africa now wants compensation for Climate Change...gee!

Why not add in compensation for slavery and colonialist economic exploitation at the same time. It's the right thing to do !

so funny i expected the 2 comments above. shows how people have a problme whne an African says something but they dont know how much money is being made and used in the name of climate change. To help a bit on another issue related to the above google Somalia and nuclear waste.

hmmm, this is a tricky issue. What if we played a part (in our downfall) in selling our coal and oil all these years, to be burned in the distant developed world? In a way, we've already been compensated. We should have used the moola wisely, and diversified our economies to the point where we need not sell the oil and coal. Let's say climate change makes Saudi Arabia drier, would they qualify for compensation?

One can hear the increasing desperation of dysfunctional 3rd world states bleating in desperation as more and more functional countries in the west increasingly question the validity of Co2 and climate change.
The chance of yet another free handout and the chance for black dictators to fill their foreign bank accounts appears to be diminishing, as thankfully, the wheels start falling off the Copenhagen happy holiday conference for government leeches.
The fact is that THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO PROOF WHATSOEVER THAT Co2 can cause climate change.
The IPCC, Al Gore and their fellow scientists, despite spending BILLIONS of dollars on research, have been unable to find any proof at all.
But this won't deter 3rd world leeches like Meles Zenawi demanding billions of dollars in "compensation" for something that hasn't even happened yet - if it is going to happen at all.
He and his country are a joke across the world.
In the 1970s when agriculture collapsed in their country - due mainly to stupidity and ignorance - they demanded millions in "aid" from the west.
And since then have been sent billions in food aid over the past 38 years.
The population in 1970 was 34 million.
Today, they still have the paw out for more money BUT THEIR POPULATION HAS GROWN TO A STAGGERING 70 MILLION!!!!
THAT'S NEARLY 40 MILLION MORE PEOPLE!!!
If you project this population growth, the way the IPCC projects the current miniscule rise in temperature, then you will one day have several BILLION people in Ethiopia surviving on food aid from the west whose population is only a quarter of theirs!!!
Mind you that is the way the whole of Africa seems to be going.
Last year South AFrica became a net IMPORTER of food for the first time in history!
Of course it is all because of global warming and those terrible people in America and Europe!!! Recent surveys in the west have shown a huge and growing swing by voters questioning the Co2, unproven theory of global warming.
Particularly as the predictions by so-called experts like Hansen have failed to materialise, and Al Gore's movie has been shown to be a pack of lies.
Hopefully, soon, they will vote out of power these doomsayers and alarmists and kick the IPCC with their pseudo consensus science and flawed computer models into touch.

While I think its good for our leaders in Africa to be pro-active in the issue of climate change as Africa is the most affected victim of climate change. However, the issue of compensation does not seem to be the best solution. May be if the leaders can be open in terms of what they intend to do with the proceeds from the commpensation. African leadership has a history of greediness, looting national reserves for selfish benefits. I am afraid that if they eventually get compensated, the proceeds might not be used to address the climate change issue as we are made to believe but will endup in the greedy leaders pockets. Hence the problem of climate change will go from bad to worse.

Will the compensation proceeds be used to cut emissions that causes the climate change? How will negative effect of climate change be mitigated without dealing with toxic emissions in the industrialised countries in the west that are a major cause of this? After paying the compensation, will the west not relax nowing and not act on toxic emission reduction and thus leave the problem to grow even further?

I hope our leaders have taken all these in account and are intending to act in the best interest of the continent, Africa and the world as a whole.

One must give credit where it is due: African leaders will not let any opportunity to squeeze more money out of the dastardly west go by unused. But the west is getting smart too, they are asking for details of those projects that will reverse the effects of global warming, and then decide whether the projects are worth funding. The finale should be for the west to take on the project management to ensure proper planning and delivery, sans kickbacks, commissions and donations.

Henri wrote: "The finale should be for the west to take on the project management to ensure proper planning and delivery, sans kickbacks, commissions and donations."

They have been trying to do that since the first Aid Package 50 years ago!!
The corruption is unbelievable.
Just look at the disgusting way, so called Christian minister, Boesak defrauded the Danes of money they were donating to the poor in South Africa.
It is time for Africa to stand on it's own feet, without free hand-outs from the west - who they spend most of their time vilifying anyway!!

Henri you seem to forget that the guys who are offering the kickback is the West. A good example is the Equatorial Guinea the guys who tried to put their puppet politician (not saying the guy there is doing a good job) so they could do as they please are from the West. Afrcan has a lot of these messed up leaders and parties as a result of the Cold war and since then the continent is always sold to the highest bidder or the guy who can buy more guns for a rebel leader.

Yay Dennis. You forgot the herds of goats and camels in Ethiopia (and goats everywhere else) that eat, and eat and eat. You also forgot the plantations of eucalyptus planted in Ethiopia in 1984 (I was there), that have not been managed.

Why is it so difficult for 'our' people to believe ill of a situation which we abhore.

'Africa to be hit hardest' by climate change?? Perhaps a more appropriate headline should be 'Africa to be hit hardest' by corrupt politicians" Failed leaders such as "Comrade Mugabe" do much more damage than any CO2 could.

'Africa to be hardest hit by STUPIDITY!'?

Oh this is just fcuken brilliant. We are already completey surrounded by dictators and a few harmless semi trained monkeys and we get told we are now going to be properly fcuked by the weather as well. Geez, is there just no respite. Actually, thinking about it, I might prefer taking my chances with a few bad storms, than have to deal with complete idiots like Minime and others of his ilk. I think we might all be better off having a good lightning bolt running Eskom instead of some half dead, brainless baboon just looking for his next conquest in the chicken licken que..

marius de kock for AU presidency! I am sure brilliant you will show africa how to shield herself from the toxic winds that drift from the rich nations and is now affecting us.

I guess you are thinking along the lines of the USA missile shield! Shoot down the toxic winds!!

Eish!!

Who cares - nothing worthwhile in human terms to save here !