West Africa rallies ahead of COP30: Dakar hosts key climate preparatory workshop
West African climate negotiators and regional institutions opened a three-day preparatory workshop in Dakar, Senegal, on September 23, 2025, to align priorities for the upcoming COP30 United Nations Climate Summit in Belém, Brazil (November 10–21, 2025). The meeting, jointly organised by the ECOWAS and UEMOA Commissions, seeks to strengthen the region’s negotiating position by analyzing…