The 4th CAETE is scheduled to be held in Changsha, Hunan in June 2025, with over 10,000 participants expected. The event will uphold the guiding principles outlined in President Xi Jinping’s significant remarks on China-Africa cooperation and his congratulatory letter to the 1st CAETE. To implement the “Ten Partnership Actions”, a variety of activities will be organized to bring together governments, local authorities, think tanks, enterprises, and financial institutions from both China and Africa and other parties to deliberate cooperation endeavors. It is expected to make solid progress in fostering high-quality Belt and Road cooperation and an all-weather China-Africa community with a shared future for the new era.
A Position Statement on Climate Change and Health for COP28
We, The Youth Cafe, recognise the urgency of addressing climate change, with Africa facing heightened vulnerability to its devastating impacts. The latest findings from the IPCC’s Special Report on Global Warming reveal that our planet is now 1.1 degrees Celsius warmer than pre-industrial levels, with projections indicating a potential 1.5-degree threshold as early as 2040. Disturbingly, each successive decade since 1850 has been more generous than the last. The escalating temperature trend driven by human-induced greenhouse emissions threatens health, food security, and economic stability. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), approximately 250,000 deaths per year may be directly linked to climate change-related issues such as heat stress, malnutrition, vector-borne diseases and water-borne diseases.