First African climate summit: can development and climate action coexist?

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Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s east Africa global development correspondent, Caroline Kimeu, about the challenges and tensions at play at the inaugural climate summit. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
6 Sep English United Kingdom Science · Nature

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