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Covid-19 and Climate Change: How can Africa build better given the twin challenge?

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Covid-19 and Climate Change: How can Africa build better given the twin challenge?
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On average climate change is costing African economies 2 to 3percent of their GDPs. This is according to the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA). On the hand, Covid19 is costing these economies GDPs between 1.7 to 2.7 percent. On this episode, Jean-Paul Adam the Director for Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Management at ECA, shares how best African nations can build better to deal with the twin of climate change, and Covid-19 as well as funding this recovery.

Tags: Adaptation, Africa, African Continental Free Trade Area (AFCFTA), African Economies, Climate Change, COP26, COVID-19 in Africa, Technology in Africa
June 16, 2020

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