As Kenya is preparing to host the Africa Climate Summit next month, African leaders should be ready for serious and frank discussions about the climate change challenges that threaten to make large parts of the continent uninhabitable. The event will take place alongside Africa Climate Week (ACW) 2023 and a pre-event, the 11th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-XI) organized by the African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) on 1-2 September. The Africa Climate Summit will focus on how African countries can collaborate and find solutions to the problems that climate change is causing for the continent. While Africa is experiencing the fewest benefits from the production of fossil fuels, countries in the continent also feel the worst effects of their burning. “While fossil fuels, by far the biggest source of emissions, have brought much harm and few benefits to Africa, climate agreements barely mention them,” notes Lorraine Chiponda, a facilitator of the Don’t Gas Africa campaign.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 24, 2023 23:49 UTC