Africa: San Francisco Hosted a Star-Studded Climate Summit but What Did We Actually Learn?

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Opening with a rendition of Michael Jackson's Earth Song, attended by mayors, CEOs, and celebrities, and ending with Governor Jerry Brown's announcement of a new satellite to monitor pollution levels, the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco was no ordinary environmental conference.

Organised to "take ambition to the next level", politicians, business leaders and NGOs raced to announce a dizzying flurry of new commitments, new targets and new partnerships for climate action.

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