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<article id="post-188050" class="post_item_single post_type_post post_format_ post-188050 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-wild-news tag-africa tag-cameroon tag-clean-energy tag-climate-activists tag-climate-adaptation tag-renewable-energy tag-wind-turbine"><meta itemprop="image" itemtype="//schema.org/ImageObject" content="https://kids.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Second-edition-YOFAFA-Conference-in-Yaounde-.jpg"> <div class="post_header entry-header"> <div class="post_meta"> <span class="post_meta_item post_categories"><a href="https://kids.mongabay.com/category/wild-news/" rel="category tag">Wild News</a></span> <span class="post_meta_item post_date"><a href="https://kids.mongabay.com/african-youth-call-for-more-funding-to-adapt-to-climate-change/">January 2, 2025</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="post_content entry-content" itemprop="mainEntityOfPage"> <p>The Paris Agreement is a legally binding international convention on climate change adopted in Paris, France, in 2015. Many countries agreed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and work together to adapt to our changing climate. </p> <p>Meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement costs money. And young activists and many experts point out that Africa faces a severe shortage of funding for climate adaptation.</p> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="1024" height="683" src="https://kids.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Second-edition-YOFAFA-Conference-in-Yaounde--1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="wp-image-188054" srcset="https://kids.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Second-edition-YOFAFA-Conference-in-Yaounde--1024x683.jpg 1024w, https://kids.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Second-edition-YOFAFA-Conference-in-Yaounde--300x200.jpg 300w, https://kids.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Second-edition-YOFAFA-Conference-in-Yaounde--768x512.jpg 768w, https://kids.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Second-edition-YOFAFA-Conference-in-Yaounde--50x33.jpg 50w, https://kids.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Second-edition-YOFAFA-Conference-in-Yaounde--600x400.jpg 600w, https://kids.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Second-edition-YOFAFA-Conference-in-Yaounde--370x247.jpg 370w, https://kids.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Second-edition-YOFAFA-Conference-in-Yaounde--760x507.jpg 760w, https://kids.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Second-edition-YOFAFA-Conference-in-Yaounde--622x415.jpg 622w, https://kids.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Second-edition-YOFAFA-Conference-in-Yaounde-.jpg 1080w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Second edition YOFAFA Conference in Yaounde, Cameroon. Image by Leocadia Bongben.</figcaption></figure></div> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p>Recently, young African climate activists gathered at the Youth Forum on Adaptation Finance in Africa (YOFAFA) in Yaounde, Cameroon. The purpose of this forum was to explore ways that they could help implement climate adaptation projects across Africa and find funding for them.</p> <p>The youth forum focused on renewable energy. Wind turbines, developed at the University of Dschang and installed in the Northwest and West regions of Cameroon, are an example of renewable energy projects in Africa.</p> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <div class="wp-block-image"> <figure class="aligncenter size-large"><img decoding="async" src="https://imgs.mongabay.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/12/16100912/Julius-Kewir-Tangka-Professor-of-Agricultural-Engineering-expert-in-renewable-energy-and-coordinator-of-the-Dschang-Renewable-Energy-Laboratory-1200x800.jpg" alt=""/><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Professor Julius Kewir Tangka is coordinator of the Dschang Renewable Energy Laboratory. Image by Leocadia Bongben.<br></figcaption></figure></div> <div style="height:30px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p>Professor Julius Kewir Tangka is an expert in renewable energy. He says people who once trekked 10 kilometers from their village to charge phones now have the energy to light their homes, pump water, and shave without worsening climate change.</p> <p>Professor Tangka talked at the youth forum about the importance of renewable energy projects. “I displayed 30 to 40 prototypes to youths, encouraging them to delve into renewable energy,” Professor Tangka says.</p> <div style="height:100px" aria-hidden="true" class="wp-block-spacer"></div> <p><strong>David Brown adapted this story for Mongabay Kids, based on this Mongabay News article by Leocadia Bongben:</strong></p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-conservation-news wp-block-embed-conservation-news"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> <blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1xoSzUoyKB"><a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2024/12/young-people-in-africa-call-for-a-fair-increase-in-funding-for-climate-adaptation/">Young people in Africa call for a fair increase in 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