How can rich countries help poor ones adapt to climate change?
Rich countries, especially those that have contributed a lot toward the greenhouse gases, have a responsibility to help the poor countries get the technology that is needed. Toyota has its hybrid cars. You can’t see these hybrid cars in Africa. And so Africa still uses a lot of the [older] vehicles, which are very inefficient. The rich countries have a responsibility, [but] the real responsibility lies on those developing countries. People cannot sit back and say, “We are not producing the gases, therefore we will let [others come help us].” Because when climate change comes, it’s not going to punish those who did it selectively. Everybody will suffer. What can Africans do on climate change? Even though we are not contributing a lot [of greenhouse gases], that should not be an excuse for us to continue producing [them]. If we say that because not too many people have cars, it’s OK for a government minister to have three cars, that is not really contributing toward a culture where we re
