First African climate summit: can development and climate action coexist?
Science Weekly
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🗓️ 7 September 2023
⏱️ 20 minutes
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| 0:37.6 | dot com slash energy specialist to find out more. This week the first ever African climate summit has been taking place in Kenya. |
| 0:54.0 | Good morning and welcome to Nairobi. |
| 0:58.0 | It's called the Green City in the Sun, |
| 1:02.0 | and welcome to the Africa Climate Summit. |
| 1:06.0 | Nowhere is this more critical. |
| 1:09.0 | The International Rescue Committee has found that seven out of the top 10 countries impacted by the climate crisis are in Africa. |
| 1:19.0 | Despite it contributing just 4% of global carbon emissions. |
| 1:24.0 | Let me be clear, these conversations are necessary. |
| 1:28.0 | Africa's carbon footprint remains small. |
| 1:32.0 | But the human toll of climate change is disproportionately high. |
| 1:39.8 | It's also a continent racked by debt and ready to grow its economy and in some countries |
| 1:46.2 | this could mean through vast new fossil fuel projects. The summit set out to grapple with this dilemma. |
| 1:55.0 | What does a just energy transition look like and how can it be paid for? |
| 2:00.3 | The restoration and expansion of Africa's natural carbon sinks are not just an environmental imperative. |
| 2:07.0 | They are an unparalleled economic gold mine. |
| 2:13.0 | From the Guardian, I'm Madeline Finley and this is Science Weekly. |
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