Africa Climate Summit 2023 to Begin

The largest gathering of heads of state, ministers, UN agencies, development organizations, and the private sector in Africa's history begins in Kenya on Monday.

The two-day Africa Climate Summit 2023 will bring together heads of state, ministers, UN agencies, development organizations, and the private sector in Africa's history to discuss restructuring global finance to address increased human mobility, food crises, and other consequences of climate change.

Per the International Organization for Migration, over 7.5 million internal disaster displacements were recorded in 2022.

In Nigeria, floods displaced over 1 million people.

The summit, an unprecedented showing of commitment to climate action on the African continent will be an important platform step in the development of the Nairobi Declaration, which will likely focus on innovative climate financing strategies on the continent and outline Africa's position ahead of COP 28 in Dubai.

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