How Africa can spark bargaining power locked in critical minerals

The global abundance of critical minerals gives Africa a strong voice in determining how these minerals can benefit African nations facing poverty and effects of climate change. [iStockphoto]

In a few months, the world will introduce the third generation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC 3.0). This update follows the evaluation of NDC 2.0, which fell short of the Paris Agreement targets for limiting global warming.

To reduce emissions, countries had submitted climate targets indicating their commitment to limiting global warming to well below 2C and preferably to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.