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As oil and gas projects proliferate in Africa, the continent's heads of state and government, meeting recently in Nairobi, Kenya, for the first African Climate Summit, are proposing a tenfold increase in investment in renewable energies. For Oulie Keita, Executive Director of Greenpeace Africa, who took part in the first African Climate Summit, the responsibility of polluters, particularly those in the oil sector, must be engaged.

Farmers comprise 60 per cent of Africa’s population but climate pledges leave them out in the cold, say activists.

Over the years, the climate change discourse in Africa has been restrained by what President Ruto called a lack of a coherent approach and a united position.

Private companies continue to pledge to adopt green and circular business models, but is it empty rhetoric?

Some leaders praised Ruto for his eloquence and oratory skills during the Summit.

The UAE has stressed the need to transform food systems to make them more resilient and inclusive and leverage them as engines of economic growth and prosperity for all.

Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and the Environment, galvanised support for global food system transformation and built momentum for COP28, the UN Climate Change Conference hosted by the UAE, during her interactions with African ministers and leaders at the Africa Food Syst ..

The Minister said Mr Tinubu's administration is considering providing 30 million green jobs for Nigerians as part of its ETP