1st Climate Change Global Business Summit on Africa concludes in Nairobi

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1st Climate Change Global Business Summit on Africa concludes in Nairobi

STORY: 1st Climate Change Global Business Summit on Africa concludes in Nairobi SHOOTING TIME: March 19, 2024 DATELINE: March 21, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:38 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY/ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the first Climate Change Global Business Summit on Africa 2. SOUNDBITE (English): ALCINDA PEREIRA, Chairperson of Africa Business Aviation Association STORYLINE: The first Climate Change Global Business Summit on Africa concluded on Wednesday in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi. The two-day meeting brought together more than 200 participants from the United Nations, the African Development Bank (AfDB), and senior government and private sector officials from across Africa to discuss ways to increase climate finance in Africa. Winnie Chepkemoi Mutai, the AfDB's climate finance specialist, said Africa receives climate finance amounting to about 250 billion U.S. dollars annually, which is about 10 percent of the figure required to combat climate change. "The continent needs to attract mo

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