2022 Charles R. Wall Young African Policy Fellow Belayneh Abebe is an AWF ecologist in the Simien Mountains landscape
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At the UNFCCC’s 27th Conference of Parties (COP27), negotiators from around the world are convening to address global action on climate change. Climate threats to Africa are already standing out in a… Read more
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