Africa: COP31’s focus on delivery will fail Africa if climate finance and technology continue to be designed externally
Across Africa, farmers are changing planting calendars, selecting hardier seeds, restoring degraded land and combining inherited knowledge with new science. Communities are mapping flood risks, protecting wetlands and building local energy systems. Entrepreneurs are developing responses to unreliable electricity, food insecurity and environmental degradation. Yet Africa too often enters global climate conversations primarily as a…
