Sounds pretty fair to me. If Africa is paying the price (again) for other countries, why shouldn't they ask to be compensated by the polluting countries? The fact that the continent is united on the subject is very good news. Whether they can maintain unity in Copenhagen is the bigger question.
Experts say sub-Saharan Africa is one of the regions most affected by global warming.
The World Bank estimates that the developing world will suffer about 80 percent of the damage of climate change despite accounting for only around one third of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.
"Policy-makers have to agree to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and adhere to the principle that the polluter pays," Ping said.
