African climate summit seeks to shift focus to finance from floods, famine

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How to finance environmental priorities and shift the focus from Africa as victim of floods and famine will be central to the debate at the continent's first climate summit next week, while activists resist plans to expand carbon markets for funding.

by the non-profit Climate Policy Initiative found Africa has received only 12% of the finance it needs to cope with climate impacts.

"The new narrative ... should be an Africa that is willing and ready to attract capital that is timely, equitable and at scale to lead the world in tackling climate change." Market-based financing instruments such as carbon credits that allow polluters to offset emissions by funding activities including tree-planting and renewable energy production are high on the list of funding options.by buying back a nominal $500 million of its international debt and issuing an eco-friendly amortising bond of equal size.

 

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