Versatile Ghanaian musician and Climate Clock Ambassador for Africa/Ghana Okyeame Kwame has joined over 100,000 people worldwide to march in Glasgow to demand more action on the climate crisis.
According to organizers, the protest was the biggest so far during the COP26 summit and took place alongside hundreds of similar events around the world.
Speaking to the media, the legendary musician from Ghana was emphatic that there must be a rapid transition to a safe climate future in the world.
He said “the children are innocent, we must not destroy their future with our irresponsible behaviour. We don’t inherit this planet from our foremothers, we rent it from our unborn children. We can pretend that it is business as usual or make conscious efforts to cause a positive change.”
he added that “Climate colonization must stop, climate injustice must stop, large livestock farming must stop, river pollution must stop, Fossil fuel mining must stop and we demand timelines now! ”
Okyeame Kwame is part of the UN delegation that accompanied the President, MESTI, EPA and other civil societies as an advocate.
Okyeame Kwame was the ambassador for Forestry Commissioner’s ” Red Plus Campaign”, Solidaridad and World Bank’s DGM ( Dedicated Grant Mechanism) project which was support indigenous people and local communities in 2018.
