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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Caroline Kimeu

African leaders call for debt relief to help tackle climate crisis

The president of Kenya, William Ruto (centre), surrounded by other African leaders, delivers his closing speech at the summit.
The president of Kenya, William Ruto (centre), surrounded by other African leaders, delivers his closing speech at the summit. Photograph: Simon Maina/AFP/Getty Images

African leaders have called for debt relief across the continent to allow countries to get on with responding to the climate crisis, as they publish the Nairobi declaration at the end of the first African climate summit.

The declaration, which had a heavy focus on climate finance, also included a call for global carbon taxes, and for increased representation of African and other countries in the governance of multilateral banks.

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