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Africa must drive its agenda as climate extremes reshape globe

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The World Economic Forum has identified the exploding “cost-of-living crisis” as the greatest threat to the global economy this year while the positioning of key countries in response to the war in Ukraine suggests a possible new world order as countries struggle to adapt to the worsening realities.

The destructive effects of climate change on the environment, economy, society and security are the true catalysts for this confluence of crises across the globe.

Can Africa weather these storms and use these challenges as stepping stones to a more prominent role on

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