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Africa: COP 25 - African Parliamentarians Called on to Speak as One for their Voice to be Heard
African Development Bank (AfDB), 12 December 2019
African parliamentarians should speak as one to make their voice heard in climate negotiations, Arona Soumaré, the African Development Bank's principal expert in climate… Read more »
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350Africa.org, 12 December 2019
Millions of people took to the streets this year to demand climate action. Led by our youth, women, Indigenous Peoples, workers and climate justice movements, all of civil society… Read more »
COP25 - African Parliamentarians Called on to Speak as One
African parliamentarians should speak as one to make their voice heard in climate negotiations, Arona Soumaré, the African Development Bank's principal expert in climate change and green growth, said during the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties on climate change (COP 25). The panel, organized by the African Development Bank, the PAP and the Parliamentary Assembly of Francophone Countries, is taking steps to establish a framework to equip African MPs with the tools they need to implement the Paris Agreement.
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