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Africa faces $3trn climate change bill
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For Africa to avoid the worst effects of climate change, the continent will have to find a staggering $3trn by 2030. In addition, it will have to develop the capacity to implement often complex systems to roll back the deadly effects of climate change.
Wanjohi Kabukuru wonders if Africa can pull it off.
By 2030, Africa will need $3trn in conditional and unconditional financing as part of the continent’s climate change mitigation and adaptation strategy.
This is the conclusion from the submissions of nationally determined contributions (NDCs) deposited at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change secretariat, headquartered in Bonn, Germany.