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Clashing agendas at the Nairobi climate summit
Amira Sayed Ahmed Mohamed, a delegate from Egypt taking a selfie with dancers from Bomas of Kenya at KICC in Nairobi on September 5, 2023, during the Africa Climate Summit. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL | NMG
Africa’s first regional climate summit opened on Monday, in Nairobi, mired in dispute over its agenda.
At the core of the conflict, which has prompted 500 organisations to reject the summit’s curated plan as a Western takeover of African debate, sits a battle over focus that threatens to bring increasing fragmentation to the global climate debate.