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Africa Youth Climate Assembly emphasises need for collaborative and immediate action in a declaration, reflects urgency echoed in international climate agreements
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Move away from Global North vs Global South debate & join forces to end the climate crisis, says Kenya President Ruto
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Continent’s renewable resources can help other nations achieve their net-zero strategies by 2050
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Africa’s climate activists, however, criticised initiative, saying it will incentivise pollution, benefit fossil fuel companies
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Initiative has already attracted investors from the United Arab Emirates which has committed to buy $450 million of carbon credits
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Point to inextricable link of public health with climate change
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Minimising post-harvest food losses and waste, transiting to nature-based solution, among solutions advocated
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Natural disasters in Africa caused close to $8.5 billion in economic damages in 2022
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Carbon credits promoted by powerful interests that benefit from maintaining the status quo of fossil fuel dependence, say opposers
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They also committed to a just and equitable transition that ensures their supply chains, value chains
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The declaration has received mixed reactions, with activists, members of civil society, energy and health experts, criticising it for not being inclusive and radical enough
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Between 2030 and 2050, climate change is expected to cause approximately 250, 000 additional deaths per year, from malnutrition, malaria, diarrhoea and heat stress, WHO data shows
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