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The Africanews editorial team takes a look back at the highlights of 2024. Africa has faced a year of extreme weather events. Droughts have worsened, followed by torrential rains and flooding.
Despite contributing the least to global greenhouse gas emissions, the African continent remains highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. At COP29, developed countries, the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases, made a new commitment by signing an agreement to ramp up climate action.
However, these countries’ promises fall…
