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NAIROBI, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- African countries ended a three-day summit in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, on Wednesday by adopting a Nairobi Declaration.

The final day of the Africa Climate Summit culminated in the adoption of the Nairobi Declaration.

Africa is acutely vulnerable to the growing impacts of climate change, but leaders at the three-day meeting in Nairobi were eager to cast the continent not as a victim but a long-ignored ally in the fight against global warming.

Over 30,000 delegates including several heads of state, government attended event.

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NAIROBI, Kenya (RNS) — ‘Matters of climate change cannot be politicized, reduced to economies,’ said a Lutheran priest, but instead should be ‘treated as a matter of life and death.’

African leaders asked developed nations to honour their commitments to provide $100 billion in annual climate finance.

Nairobi gathering highlights how African nations can tackle the climate crisis, especially by boosting renewable energy

Kenya’s president Ruto described Mr Obasanjo as the “Grandfather of Africa”