Challenges of climate change in Africa and lessons from China’s Green Revolution

While Africa is struggling with climate change-related challenges, China, the biggest trading partner with the continent for a consecutive 15 years, has realised a green revolution, surpassing other world economies by establishing a holistically transformative green transition global economy.

China is the second-largest economy in the world, and now the leading multilateral actor in efforts to combat climate change while driving the green energy transition.

Climate change has exerted profound and escalating impacts across African countries, exacerbating existing socio-economic vulnerabilities and undermining sustainable development efforts.

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