Halting meat consumption to solve climate challenges. As the
United Nations Climate Change Conference(COP 17) concluded in
Durban, South Africa on Friday, December 9, delegates from the
more than 190 convening nations had made progress on details of
the US$100 billion Green Climate Fund intended to assist
developing countries most vulnerable to climate change. But for
now, the many urgent challenges faced by such countries,
including in the summit’s host continent of Africa, must be
addressed through their own actions.Tina Joemat-Pettersson –
South African Minister of Agriculture, Forestry & Fisheries (M):
Africa faces the twin challenge of poverty and climate
change.Mbareck Diop – Advisory Board chair, Climate Change
Adaptation in Africa (M): Ninety percent of Chad Lake has
disappeared. You see the Kilamanjaro ice also, the majority of
this ice has disappeared due to climate change effect. You see
floods and also desertification effects. VOICE: Supreme Master
Television’s correspondent reports on some of the