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Climate change will not be fixed without Africa World leaders appear on a video screen during a virtual Climate Summit with world leaders in the East Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., on April 23, 2021. Photo credit: Reuters/Tom Brenner. When Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi spoke at the virtual Leaders Summit on Climate this week, he had the force of the continent behind him, as president of the African Union. And he made clear that all the new emissions-cutting pledges from rich countries were not enough. “It is important that this summit accelerates the mobilization of additional and substantial financial resources,” said Tshisekedi, one of five African heads of state to participate in the summit alongside Gabon’s Ali Bongo, Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta, Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari, and South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa. “It also requires simplifying procedures for accessing climate finance for the least developed countries, the majority of which are in Afric

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