Climate change in Africa has become a matter demanding urgent action to safeguard development across the continent, which has faced severe challenges due to its effects in recent years. Africa’s Agenda 2063 acknowledges that climate change is the principal challenge obstructing development across the continent. Although African nations account for no more than 3.5% of global carbon emissions, major industrialised countries are responsible for the overwhelming share of greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change.African countries lose, on average, between 2% and 5% of their GDP and allocate as much as 9% of their budgets to address extreme weather events, is climate chnage a situation caused by developed nations ?

