NAIROBI, Kenya - African policymakers will kick off a landmark climate summit in Kenya on Monday aimed at reframing the continent as a budding renewable energy powerhouse and calling for international financial help to unlock its potential.
Analysts say if the summit can bring together leaders from the continent to define a shared vision of Africa's green development, then that could ripple across a flurry of international diplomatic and economic meetings leading up to COP28. Security has been tightened and roads closed around the summit venue in central Nairobi, where the government says 30,000 people have registered to attend the three-day event.