Battered by the scourge of endless droughts, flooded plains and disrupted livelihoods of hundreds of millions back home, the African delegation to the United Nations climate change conference, the COP29, arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan, this week with a powerful message—calling for nothing less than climate justice and financial accountability from the world’s wealthiest nations.
The African Group of Negotiators (AGN) has proposed a New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) of $1.3 trillion per year by 2030.
