The GCF is hugely important for sub-Saharan Africa, which is responsible for only a tiny proportion of total global Greenhouse Gas emissions. David continued, “Most of the funds that have been released by rich countries to pay for the costs of climate change (through the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism) have been spent in the same rich countries on mitigating future changes in climate. The GCF is different in that funds released are mainly to pay for adaptation – to enable poorer countries and their populations to adapt to climate change that is happening now as well projected for the future. Governments in sub-Saharan Africa already have to find extra funds to pay for the additional burdens caused by climate change, and negative health impacts are an important component of this added burden. We in the developed world run the risk of being remembered as the generation who saved its banks and rich investment bankers while neglecting the world’s poor.”
GCF ni muhimu sana kwa nchi za Afrika,bara ambalo linawajibika kwa vipimo vidogo sana vya gesi zinazodhuru mazingira.David aliendelea kusema kwamba, “Fedha nyingi zilizotolewa na nchi tajiri kugharamia juhudi za kukabialiana na mabadiliko ya tabia ya nchi (kupitia utaratibu wa Umoja wa Mataifa wa ‘Clean Development Mechanisim’ zimetumiwa na nchi zilezile tajiri kupunguza mabadiliko ya siku zijazo ya tabia ya nchi.GCF huwa tofauti kwa sababu fedha zinazotolewa zinastahili kugharamia juhudu za kurekebisha-ili kuwezesha nchi maskini kukabiliana na mabadiliko ya tabia ya nchi yanayofanyika kwa sasa na yanayotarajiwa katika siku za usoni.Kwa wakati huu serekali katika Afrika zinapaswa kuchanga pesa zaidi ili kulipia gharama zinazotoka na mabadiliko katika tabia ya nchi,zikiwemo gharama zinazohusiana na athari za kiafya.Sisi katika nchi tajiri tuna dhima ya kukumbukwa kama kizazi ambacho kiliokoa benki na wategauchumi wa benki huko tukitelekeza wale maskini duniani.”