President William Ruto has urged the Western world to stop blaming others and work together to confront climate change.
He noted that climate change poses a threat to all nations pointing out that they must now work together or perish together.
Ruto said climate change is influencing every conversation across the globe including education, water provision, agriculture, trade, security, and health.
"Climate change is a global threat. It's not about who contributed to it or not. It's about how we work together to address it," he said.
The President spoke on Sunday during a strategic dialogue on the African Climate Action Summit held at the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
He also called on developed countries to provide the expertise to leverage Africa's abundant renewable energy.
"Africa is not coming to the table as a victim of climate change but as a partner with the solution to the problem," he said.
Ruto called for the expansion of the mitigation plans to climate financing and investment.
In attendance were former Prime Minister of the Netherlands Jan Peter Balkenende, Mayor of Rotterdam Ahmed Aboutaleb, Africa Union Commissioner for Sustainable Environment Josefa Leonel Sacko, CEO of the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) Patrick Verkooijen and CS Environment Soipan Tuya.
Also present was former UN SG Ban Ki-moon, who attended the summit virtually.
Moon said lauded Ruto for spearheading the campaign on climate change action.
He appealed to multilateral organisations to support the Africa Climate Action summit that will be hosted in Kenya in September.
"2023 will be a pivotal year on how the world will respond to climate change," he said.
On his part, Prof Verkooijen urged developed countries to honor their climate finance commitments.
