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Circular economy key to a new deal for Africa's nature
From left: Unilever East Africa CEO Justin Apsey, Mr Green co-founder Nicholas Smith and Environment chief administrative secretary Mohammed Elmi during the launch of the plastic waste recycling project, dubbed U-Turn. PHOTO | DIANA NGILA | NMG
At the recently concluded 17th Ordinary session of the Africa Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), all 54 African countries committed to addressing the key environmental challenges of our time, including climate change, land degradation, loss of biodiversity and plastic pollution.
The ministers further committed to institutionalising a circular economy, and a blue economy to support the implementation of the Africa Agenda 2063.
