Guests and delegates for the Africa Summit on Monday started streaming in at the Kenya International Conference Center at around 6:30 am for the Africa Climate Summit.
President William Ruto will from 9 am open the summit alongside other African leaders.
Long queues at the security checks were experienced at different entry points
Kenya expects over 20 heads of state and government to the summit, with an additional 18,500 participants from across the globe having been registered and accredited.
Environment Cabinet Secretary Soipan Tuiya said the forum is convened by Ruto in his capacity as the coordinator of all African heads of state on climate change within the African Union.
“The summit is co-convened by Kenya and the AU and this being an African summit it is global. We have invitations from across the World because the main thing that we are proposing is global climate action solutions,” Tuya said.
“The meeting seeks to profile Africa as part of the solution to the climate crisis, for a long time we have been disadvantaged since we contribute the least to pollution and greenhouse gas emissions but suffer the most.”
