For Africa, the climate challenge is a development • Africa’s minerals: critical for the global green energy transition challenge • Renewable power: an abundance of solar, wind and hydro • Africa is the least responsible for the climate crisis potential • Yet Africa is most affected by climate change impacts • Africa can be at the forefront of climate-friendly technologies • Lack of economic devel. [...] % of population 100.0 Almost 600 million people 50.0 in Africa have no access to 0.0 Source: MIF based on World Bank electricity, more than the combined population of France, Japan, the US and the UK Addressing this energy deficit requires the mobilisation of a wide range of resources, Natural gas: a key transition fuel utilising both the continent’s vast renewable By far the least-polluting fossi. [...] Articulating an African Common Position ahead of COP28 The Africa Climate Summit is an opportunity • Global collaboration needed to protect to reset the discussion and shift the narrative and mobilise Africa’s climate assets. [...] • Global financial system needs transforming: Africa and much of the Global South cannot • Africa’s development priorities need secure the resources they need from the to be acknowledged and streamlined current order. [...] • Africa needs and deserves a seat at the table: • Narrative needs shifting: While Africa is Africa has a critical role to play in the global most impacted by the climate crisis, it offers green transition.
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