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Danielle Marais
African Minerals Are Critical For the Green Energy Transition
The twenty-seventh Conference of the Parties (COP27), the next round of global climate negotiations, is being hosted by Egypt from November 6 - 18. In the run-up to the conference, the United Nations (UN) warned that current climate responses are insufficient to avoid severe climate change.
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