Kenya renews call for compensating African states amid climate emergencies

NAIROBI, Oct. 13 (Xinhua) -- The industrialized nations have a moral obligation to hasten compensation for African states bearing the brunt of climate emergencies like recurrent droughts, floods and cyclones, a Kenyan official said here Thursday.

Chris Kiptoo, the principal secretary in the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, stressed that African countries deserved financial and technical support from major emitters as the climate crisis unfolds in the continent, destabilizing livelihoods and ecosystems.