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Africa aspires to major role in the effort to combat climate change

African leaders say they have a market-based plan to fight human-caused global warming that will spread economic development among millions of people on the continent.

,   and  Ronald Powers
6 min read
As the Earth grows ever hotter, African leaders see a new role for themselves in combating climate change.
As the Earth grows ever hotter, African leaders see a new role for themselves in combating climate change. (AN/Larry Li/Unsplash)

World leaders representing Africa's 1.3 billion people in 54 countries lined up behind a global carbon tax and sweeping changes to the world's financial architecture ahead of November's COP28 climate summit.

The first Africa Climate Summit drew more than 10,000 participants from governments, organizations, the private sector and civil society, and ended with a consensus "Nairobi Declaration" announcing the continent's aspirations as a major clean energy player and plans to hold the world's biggest polluters to account.

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Climate & Health — Africa — Kenya — African Union (A.U.) — European Union (E.U.) — United Arab Emirates (U.A.E.) — U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) 1994 — International Monetary Fund (IMF) — World Bank Group — Nigeria — Egypt — South Africa — Congo — Brazil

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