Polluters owe Africa as much as Africa owes them; let’s debt-swap

The time for grandstanding is over. In fact, the time for buying time in matters climate is up. The world has been boxed into a perilous situation by reckless actions of rich industrial countries.

Now the planet could be on the way to becoming inhospitable for human beings. And, as if that is not bad enough, of the world’s eight billion people, the most innocent 1.4 billion are the worst affected by the consequences of the biggest polluters.