COP27 Climate Change Conference: Urgent Action Needed for Africa and the World
By: Chris Zielinski, Lukoye Atwoli, Gregory Erhabor, Aiah Gbakima, Abraham Haileamlak, Jean-Marie Ntumba, James Kigera, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Bob Mash, Joy Muhia, Fhumulani Mulaudzi, David Ofori-Adjei, Friday Okonofua, Arash Rashidian, Siaka Sidibé, Abdelmadjid Snouber, James Tumwine, Mohammad Yassien, Paul Yonga and Lilia Zakhama
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3988 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Submitted on: Oct 10, 2022
Accepted on: Oct 10, 2022
Published on: Oct 28, 2022
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© 2022 Chris Zielinski, Lukoye Atwoli, Gregory Erhabor, Aiah Gbakima, Abraham Haileamlak, Jean-Marie Ntumba, James Kigera, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Bob Mash, Joy Muhia, Fhumulani Mulaudzi, David Ofori-Adjei, Friday Okonofua, Arash Rashidian, Siaka Sidibé, Abdelmadjid Snouber, James Tumwine, Mohammad Yassien, Paul Yonga, Lilia Zakhama, published by Ubiquity Press
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