Ahead of COP29, Senegalese Women Demand Climate Justice

Senegalese women protested for climate justice on Saturday in the streets of Dakar, ahead of this month’s UN COP29 session in Azerbaijan.

They are demanding a decarbonised future and the protection of the nation’s resources, and about fifty climate activists are there.

Cheikh Niang Faye, a former tour guide, claims that after their four years of marching, “nothing’s changed.”

“They owe us billions in compensation, but they are spending billions on their conferences. Because these developed nations have been responsible for these greenhouse gas emissions in their quest for development, she said.

Faye emphasized that the effects of global warming have been extremely detrimental, especially for rural women. Senegal has seen record-breaking floods this year that have damaged over 1,000 hectares of crops in the country’s north and east and affected tens of thousands of people.

The campaigners claim that Africa is owed compensation for the suffering brought on by the consequences of climate change by the nations that emit greenhouse gases. An activist named Khady Faye travelled to Dakar from her home in the Saloum Delta of Senegal, an area that has seen catastrophic shoreline erosion.