Africa is responsible for about 3% of global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels, yet it experiences the effects of climate change disproportionately. According to the World Meteorological Organisation, more than 110-million people in Africa were directly affected by 'weather, climate and water-related hazards' in 2022, which also caused billions of rands of economic damages. The continent needs money to cope with the impacts of climate change as well as to reduce its carbon emissions in line with global efforts to keep temperature increase in check. Climate finance was a key topic at the 2023 Africa Climate Summit. The continent's leaders want the countries most responsible for polluting the atmosphere with the greenhouse gases that cause climate change to help pay to reduce the damage it causes in Africa and to develop its renewable energy resources.