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Africa is being devastated by a climate crisis it didn’t cause. COP27 must help

Written by Amina J. Mohammed | 07 November 2022
On a sunny day people put sand into bags to create a wall to prevent flooding near a bridge.
Caption: Drought, flooding and rising sea levels are creating havoc across our continent – and we need support from richer nations to adapt, explains UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed in her recent op-ed.
Photo: © Ministry of Habitat, Urbanism and Environment, Djibouti
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