Introduction
We, the youth of Africa, declare a humanitarian crisis induced by climate change on our continent. While African countries historically contribute less than 4% of global emissions, our most vulnerable communities are facing the brutal impacts of both slow and rapid onset extreme weather events such as heat waves, droughts, floods, storms and landslides, forcing the urban, rural and island communities to move. In response to this emergency, and building
on the East and Horn of Africa Youth Key Messages to the ‘Kampala Ministerial
