Leaders from Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Eritrea have made a strong plea for action to rescue a world teetering on the precipice of climate catastrophe and struggling under the weight of an outdated and unfair global financial system.
The leaders made the call in their statements at the UN General Assembly’s general debate in New York.
They highlighted the upcoming COP-28 climate conference in the United Arab Emirates as an unparalleled opportunity for the world to fulfil its obligations to the planet’s most vulnerable nations.
The leaders, whose respective statements set out their national narratives, also agreed on the pressing need to overhaul multilateral institutions and international financial systems, highlighting that the present structures are not fit for 21st-century purposes.
Hamza Abdi Barre, Prime Minister of Somalia, highlighted the “power of solidarity and cooperation” in an interconnected world and urged leaders to accelerate action to achieve the…