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Political will needed to act on climate change

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You wouldn't take the effects of climate change for granted. [File, Standard]

It's becoming more challenging to predict the course of climate politics because international and State-driven priorities seem to change fast.

Whereas Africa is the least pollutant as far as greenhouse gas emissions are concerned, its citizens continue to suffer the most. The Carbon Brief's analysis of disaster records underscored that Africa has endured extreme weather patterns which have killed approximately 4,000 people and affected a further 19 million since the start of 2022.

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