Africa should unite on climate change to earn global respect

President William Ruto with other heads of state as he made the final address during the closing ceremony of the Africa Climate Summit day 3 at the KICC grounds in Nairobi. [Silas Otieno, Standard]

Like many non-attendants of the Africa Climate Summit, I relied on media reports for update on the goings on at the continental jamboree.

I was therefore concerned when most of the international media focussed on that portion of President William Ruto's speech about the conference not being about North-South blame sharing but on jointly finding solutions.