COP27 presents chance to save millions from climate-fueled hunger in Africa

The global food crisis has relegated climate action to the periphery. [Joseph Kipsang, Standard]

World leaders meet at Sharm-El-Sheikh, Egypt, in the first week of November for the 27th edition of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, popularly known as COP27.

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the geopolitical disruption it has created across the globe have invariably overshadowed the momentum that could have been built in the countdown to the two-week conference, a defining moment for Africa, which faces monumental challenges occasioned by run-away global warming.