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UN climate conference should be the ‘African COP,’ environmental activist says
Young people take part in a protest calling for the government to take immediate action against climate change in Cape Town, South Africa, September 24, 2022

ELIZABETH WATHUTI said that the United Nations climate conference that opened in Egypt today should be the “African Cop.”

Ms Wathuti, founder of the Green Generation initiative, which nurtures love for the environment in young people, was speaking ahead of the Cop27 talks, which are being held in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El Sheikh.

The Kenyan campaigner stressed that whatever was agreed at the conference would directly impact millions of people across Africa, especially women.

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