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Ruto says Africa's collaboration key to fight climate change

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President William Ruto addresses the UNEA 6, the United Nations' top decision-maker on the environment at UNEP headquarters in Gigiri, Nairobi County. [PCS]

President William Ruto has called for collective action to solve the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss and air pollution in Africa.

Addressing the sixth session of United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA6) at United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) headquarters in Gigiri, Nairobi, Thursday, Ruto lauded what he termed as alignment of Africa in terms of the need to move together to address the crisis, propelled by the decisions of the COP 28 in Dubai in November last year.

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