We- Have- Faith (WHF) says it will step up strategies of climate change by collecting 1 million signed petitions across Africa aiming at reducing effect of climate change (floods, drought and other extreme weather events), together with faith communities on Thursday 2015 during press briefing.
Programs Manager and Member of organizing committee for WHF Joel Kumwenda said goals and strategies have been put in place to strengthen the Pan-African voice on climate change through mobilization of the petitions across the continent and support youth, and faith leaders to engage and influence COP 21 in Paris.
“Among others Cycling, Climate justice concerts, Collection of petitions and Mass mobilization are strategies to fight against the malpractice of climate change. For instance, Pan-African Cyclist are travelling across 9 countries (Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda) on a country to country relaying information of the climate change”, he said.
He also lament that WHF ACT NOW for climate justice is working tirelessly to protect climate change in Africa, despite effects of rising population growth rates.
Kumwenda, however, expressed disappointment with in-responsible citizens who carelessly cut-down trees. All the citizens are entitled to take an active role and made stride towards improving the climate change, addressing the threat of food insecurity in the next three decades in Malawi. In fact, Climate changes due to global warming threaten Malawi’s ability to feed itself. Thus, the changing climate will impact on rainfall, the temperature will rise and at most the prices will go up on food demand across the world.
Climate change is currently one of the biggest challenges facing humanity. This is especially true for many people in the developing world who have contributed the least to causing climate change but are suffering the impacts each and every day. Therefore, quick decisions have to be made now address challenges of climate change. In less than six months global leaders will meet in Paris to negotiate on a new global deal to tackle climate change and addressing its impact.
