Africa Climate Summit Results In The Nairobi Declaration

The inaugural Africa Climate Summit ("ACS") held in Nairobi earlier this month culminated with the adoption of the "African Leaders Nairobi Declaration on Climate Change and Call to Action" ("TheNairobi Declaration"). The Nairobi Declaration will serve as Africa's common position on climate change leading up to COP28 and beyond.

The Nairobi Declaration recognises that the world is off-track in meeting the 1.5°C limit agreed upon in the Paris Agreement and that global emissions must be cut by 45% in this decade. It also notes that Africa is warming up faster than the rest of the world, and if this is not addressed, it will continue to have unfavourable effects on African economies and hamper Africa's growth and well-being.