Africa's first climate summit

The Kenyan president, William Ruto, has said the first Africa Climate Summit aims to scrutinise ideas and unlock solutions, not to catalogue grievances. The summit in Nairobi wants to reframe Africa as a renewable energy powerhouse. We hear from our reporter who has been talking to people from communities living around Lake Baringo in Kenya’s Great Rift valley region. They have filed the first class action of its kind in the country, suing the government for the adverse effects of climate change.

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Presenter: James Reynolds.

(Photo: Kenya's President William Ruto adress delegates during the opening ceremony of the Africa Climate Summit (ACS) 2023 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC) in Nairobi, Kenya, September 4, 2023. Credit: Monicah Mwangi/Reuters)