They will need to act in unison and with determination to achieve positive movement on these challenges. But we also live in an exciting era of opportunities, one of information and innovation, and one in which African policy leadership – nationally, regionally and continentally – is increasingly cognizant of the challenges presented by the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution and waste. The inauguration of the Nineteenth ordinary session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (#AMCEN), in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The African Forum of Environment Protection Agencies is a forum to enhance the implementation of important work that is already underway. As the seat of the African Union, it is the ideal location to advance a united African approach.

Source: The North Africa Journal August 19, 2023 19:11 UTC