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Africa’s Path to Green Prosperity

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13.09.2024

BEIJING – As South Africa prepares to take over the G20’s rotating presidency, its government has vowed to make 2025 the “year of Africa.” At the same time, the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Brazil (COP30) will serve as a litmus test for global climate action, revealing how much progress the world’s largest polluters have made in fulfilling their commitments to reduce greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions and provide climate finance to developing countries.

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