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African leaders push for climate investment at Ethiopia summit

Delegates are expected to finalize a declaration this week capturing Africa’s priorities, which will be presented at COP30 in November. COP30 President Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago attended the summit and expressed solidarity with Africa’s vision.

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00:00African leaders and climate activists have called for a radical shift in global climate financing,
00:05urging the world to treat Africa not as a victim of climate change, but as a strategic partner for investment.
00:11Meeting at the second African Climate Summit in Addis Ababa on Monday,
00:14experts stressed the urgency of mobilizing resources.
00:17The vulnerability of our member countries caused by climate change,
00:21debt burden, and the structural inequalities of the international financial architecture
00:27must be redressed through climate justice.
00:30We need a genuine cooperation for the implementation of our continent's adaptation plan
00:36by providing financial resources, technology, and expertise.
00:44Can you President William Brugge will echo the urgency of unity, warning against isolationist approaches?
00:54The truth is undeniable.
00:57No nation can solve this crisis alone.
01:04Only through bold, united, and sustained collaboration can we avoid climate catastrophe.
01:11Isolation is not a winning strategy.
01:15It is courting failure.
01:20Civil Society Voices pressed leaders to ensure accountability
01:24and push innovative funding mechanisms.
01:26This Addis second climate summit must be able to find mechanisms of funding Africa's climate action and development.
01:40We need to make the polluters who have caused us this climate catastrophe to pay for it.
01:45We need to tax the polluters, we need to tax the super-rich to be able to generate the resources
01:50and make them pay for the climate plunder that they are causing the continent.
01:54Delegates are expected to finalise the declaration this week capturing Africa's priorities,
02:02which will be presented at COP30 in November.
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