Hopes Rise For Green Economy Boom At Africa Climate Summit

Renewables are thriving, with Africa breaking solar energy records but action is needed to plug financing gap The first signs of a takeoff of Africas green economy are raising hopes that a transformation of the continents fortunes may be under way, driven by solar power and an increase in low-carbon investment. African leaders are meeting this week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, for the , a precursor to the . They will call for an increase in support from rich countries for Africas green resurgence, without which they will warn it could be fragile and spread unevenly.