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Poverty is not a climate strategy, we must do more

Hands of a poor child begging for help sitting in a dirty slum. [Getty Images]

In his address to the COP27 climate change conference in Egypt, President William Ruto emerged as a leading African voice on the subject.

He reminded wealthy countries of their hypocrisy in promising, but never delivering on financing that would help development countries in their mitigation and adaptation strategies against climate change.

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