India, March 24 -- Africa faces severe climate challenges, exacerbated by extreme weather events, despite contributing minimally to global emissions.

A proposed African green bank could harness the continent's mineral wealth and and promote green industrialisation.

This bank would be collectively owned by African nations, providing a transparent channel for climate finance.

Climate change is a profound challenge to the livelihoods of many people in African countries who have contributed so little to its cause. More frequent extreme weather events (floods, heatwaves and droughts) are making hunger, insecurity and displacement much worse. The continent holds an estimated 30 per cent of the minerals that are essential for the future trans...