OPINION | COP27: It’s Africa’s turn to take centre stage - The climate conference must show how the world will benefit if Africa achieves its green development goals – bypassing fossil fuel where possible and moving straight to renewables
represents the date when humanity has consumed all the biological resources that Earth is able to regenerate during the calendar year.
This year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Egypt. It will be the second time it has been held in Africa since the ambitious environmental conferences began and nations across the continent have already begun seeking financial support for environmentally friendly projects and climate change mitigation and adaptation efforts.
the African Development Bank’s acting chief economist and vice-president Kevin Urama, Africa alone is losing 5% to 15% of its GDP per capita because of climate change. Creating a healthier, more sustainable and richer future for all is not unrealistic in Africa. It just needs foreign investors and for African governments to implement sensible, realistic and affordable climate policies.
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