The 2023 summit is themed: ‘Driving green growth and climate finance solutions for Africa and the world’The summit will run until September 6, 2023, with a continuation of the Climate Summit week. President William Ruto is hosting the summit in his capacity as the coordinator of all African heads of state on climate change within the AU. Among key issues that are being discussed at the forum are how to tackle the increased exposure of emitters, investing in nature and biodiversity, solutions to climate change, and climate change financing for Africa. “Climate change has caused substantial damages and increasingly irreversible losses, in terrestrial, freshwater, cryospheric and coastal, and open ocean ecosystems. “It is time to escalate the consensus and propel Africa to join the leadership of the global climate action.

Source: The Star September 05, 2023 05:27 UTC