Africa: Opinion - 'Plan With Us, Not for Us,' Say Poor Communities On Climate Protection

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From young "climate warriors" planning to improve Lagos slums with solar lighting and cleaner drains, to Bangladeshi researchers working with vulnerable villagers at risk from rising seas, poor communities are generating a huge amount of knowledge on how to live better on a warming planet.

But that bottom-up expertise is not being utilised by governments to shape climate change policy at the global level - one key reason why that current system is failing to meet the needs of the most vulnerable.

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