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COP28: African leaders to make their unified voice heard at UN climate summit

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After a year of record temperatures, deadly floods and devastating wildfires, not least in Africa, the annual UN summit — the COP28 climate conference — opened in Dubai on Thursday (30 November), aiming to stave off climate catastrophe. Hosted by the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, the discussions at 28th edition of the Conference of the […]
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Africa climate summit concludes with ‘Nairobi declaration’ seeking global tax on fossil fuels

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A landmark African Climate Summit (ACS) ended on Wednesday (6 September) after the political and business leaders adopted the Nairobi Declaration that seeks to address climate challenges in the continent and that represents a united front for Africa before negotiations for more funding at COP28. The ACS was dominated by discussions of how to mobilize […]