FILE - The carcass of a dead goat lies in the desert in a drought-stricken area near Bandar Beyla in Somalia on March 8, 2017. Africa has contributed relatively little to the planet's greenhouse gas emissions but has suffered some of the heaviest impacts of climate change and the reverberations of human-caused global warming will only get worse, according to a new United Nations report released Feb. 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File) AP - Ben Curtis
The leaders of two dozen African countries Friday urged wealthier nations to uphold their aid pledges so the continent can tackle climate change impacts for which it shares little blame.
They made the call after African leaders on Monday lashed out at industrialised nations for failing to show up at the Global Center for Adaption (GCA) summit in Rotterdam on helping African nations adapt to these changes.
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