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Aid and Climate Policies Are a World of ‘Let’s Pretend’
Africa, whose carbon emissions are negligible, is a victim of climate change but cannot stop it. Indeed, to get the continent’s citizens out of poverty, African economies will have to generate substantial growth, encouraged by international aid that gets …