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Climate summit opens in Kenya as Africa demands more say and financing

Kenyan President William Ruto opened the African Climate Summit in Nairobi by warning of "the catastrophe" of climate change but said there are immense opportunities as well [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]

More than a dozen heads of state of African countries are due to attend the first African Climate Summit as the continent seeks to assert a stronger voice on a global existential problem that it contributes the least to.

Kenyan President William Ruto’s government and the African Union launched the meeting on Monday in Nairobi, determined to wield more global influence and bring in far more financing and support.

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