Africa Climate Summit convenes The United Nations’ Africa Climate Week convened this Monday in Libreville, Gabon, with more than 1,000 participants gathering and sharing ideas on how to tackle the climate emergency as it intensifies throughout the continent. With severe drought, raging floods, and extreme weather bearing down on Africa’s 54 nations, the five-day meeting will focus on the major elements required to lessen the dangerous effects of the rapidly changing climate. This as the continent faces deadly drought, historic floods, and extreme weather events, African politicians, civil society, and business leaders will voice calls for urgent action. While African countries are the least responsible for the crisis, the continent is to pay the highest of prices. We speak to the African Climate foundation on the focus theme of the year and the implications of the global climate crisis on Africa.

GUESTS  Fatten Aggad Senior Advisor on Climate Diplomacy and Geopolitics at the African Climate Foundation