President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on world leaders to redouble their efforts to fight climate change. The President was speaking at the 7th Tokyo International Conference on African Development in Japan. He says climate change poses a serious threat to Africa’s development & prosperity.
International concern over fires in the Amazon mounted on Thursday, with the UN and French President Emmanuel Macron calling for action as Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research reported nearly 2,500 new fires in the past 48 hours.
The Amazon rainforest generates one-fifth of the world’s oxygen but massive swathes of the forest are currently on fire, prompting major international alarm.
