UN chief urges world to make Africa 'renewable energy superpower'

02:00

More Videos

America’s newest media moguls: the Ellisons

BBC–Trump legal row over ‘misleading’ edit

Yemeni children schooling in tents amid war ruins

Land, trees & lives: Many faces of Israeli occupation

Two nations celebrate 75 years of diplomatic ties

US-India ties on the brink of collapse

A bloody summer: the last 60 days of the Russia-Ukraine war

What’s in Columbia University’s $221M settlement with Trump?

Germany’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian voices

What does Israel have to gain from “protecting” Syria’s Druze?

Africa

UN chief urges world to make Africa 'renewable energy superpower'

African leaders are meeting in Kenya for the first ever African Climate Summit. The continent accounts for a fraction of the world’s emissions but its 600 million people face some of the most damaging effects of climate change. Leaders are hoping for the developed world to help pay for their transition to green energy but they disagree on how quickly African economies should abandon oil and gas. Simon McGregor-Wood has more.