Tackling the climate change challenge in Africa
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This special episode of Foresight Africa podcast is a rebroadcast of an event hosted on Earth Day by the Africa Growth Initiative (AGI) at Brookings. Aloysius Uche Ordu, director of AGI and podcast host, moderated an expert panel discussion on climate change in Africa, including topics such as energy transition, local action, climate finance, the role of parliamentarians and Africa's youths, and hopes for COP27--Africa's COP--to be held in Egypt later this year. Stay tuned for the regular schedule of Foresight Africa podcast interviews.  Show notes and transcript: https://brook.gs/3xN64Uf  Foresight Africa podcast is part of the Brookings Podcast Network. Subscribe and listen on Apple, Spotify, Google Podcasts, and wherever you listen to podcasts. Send feedback email to [email protected], and follow and tweet at @policypodcasts on Twitter.  
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