Climate change has been on the international agenda of many countries for a long time. However, the voices of emerging nations sometimes seem to remain in the background when leading countries raise their voices against the challenges posed by climate change and propose solutions to address it. What is Africa's role in these debates and, more importantly, in these solutions? Two alumni of the African Leaders of Tomorrow (ALT) Scholarship program, from Ghana and Zambia, talk about their efforts to bring their continent into the global discussions around climate change and explain how their Canadian education has given them the essential foundation to support their respective governments in designing appropriate regulations and developing the necessary resources to find African solutions to this global issue.