ActionAid Liberia has  Launched the National  Climate Campaign  for  Climate justice and equal global responsibility., calling on the  government and international partners attention of climate crisis and to divert  fundings  from the fossil fuel and industrial Agriculture   to renewable energy and Agricology

Speaking at the launched  on Thursday  September 28, 2023 in Monrovia.  ActionAid Liberia Country Director,  Madam  Elizabeth Johnson  disclosed that  the climate has a cash flow problem with far more of the world’s money flowing to the causes of the climate crisis than the solutions.

According to her,  Climate Disasters are destroying  the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide.

However,  she is calling for the redirection of harmful fossil fuel and industrial Agriculture  subsidies  to eradicate  Climate Disasters. 

“Climate  Disasters are based on a change strategy for shifting power relations that block the change we want

Are based in real experiences of people living in

poverty and exclusion

Seek to strengthen social movements and rights-

holder organizations,”  she explained. 

The program was graced by  government officials,  NGOs, their foreign partners and  service providers/ implementing partners.

Meanwhile, ActionAid Liberia expresses deep concern over the escalating global impact of climate change, which has resulted in the loss of countless lives, exacerbated

poverty, and imposed financial burdens on economies worldwide, with a particular impact on the Global South. 

They maintained that as the climate crisis intensifies, the culprits, namely fossil fuel and

industrial agriculture continues to expand unchecked.

In Liberia, the extractive industries, including Mining and Forestry, are the primary drivers of environmental degradation, despite contributing more than 54% to the national GDP. 

Accordingly,  the nation’s fertile lands are predominantly dominated by monoculture plantations like rubber, cocoa, and palm production, undermining thousands of smallholder farmers and their sustainable agroecological

systems, which have the potential to both feed the nation and mitigate climate change.