France, Sept. 11 -- African leaders ended their second continental climate summit on Wednesday in Addis Ababa with a call for more money, fairer financing and a stronger voice in global talks.

TheAfrican Union (AU) gathered all 54 member states at its headquarters in Ethiopia's capital. The aim was to agree a common position ahead of Cop30 in Brazil this November.

The summit closed with the Addis Ababa Declaration - a plan that AU leaders say should reframe Africa not as a victim of climate change, but as a source of solutions. Three pillars

Ethiopia's President Taye Atske Selassie outlined the three main pillars of theAddis Ababa Declaration - with the first being to accelerate the development of renewable energy to make Africa "a gre...