Africa holds extraordinary promise for sustainable development. With 60 per cent of global solar potential, 30 per cent of transition mineral reserves, and vast wind energy capacity, the continent could lead the global green transition. Its young, rapidly growing population – expected to reach 2.5 billion by 2050 – adds further momentum. Yet this promise is under threat.
The continent is on the frontline of the climate crisis. Seventeen of the twenty most climate-vulnerable countries are African, despite contributing less than 4 per cent of global emissions. Floods in Kinshasa and Cape Town, heatwaves in South Sudan, and prolonged droughts in the Horn of Africa show that climate change is no longer a distant risk but a…