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As Africa’s climate warms, rich countries pledge more funds

FILE - Villagers walk back from a trading center towards their village of Lomoputh in northern Kenya on May 12, 2022. Rich countries say they will spend about $25 billion by 2025 to boost Africa’s efforts to adapt to climate change as the continent continues to struggle with drought, cyclones and extreme heat, according to officials at a summit in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File) FILE - Alwande Ndlovu, stands where a neighbor's house once stood, after heavy rains caused flood damage in Umgababa, near Durban, South Africa, April 19, 2022. Rich countries say they will spend about $25 billion by 2025 to boost Africa’s efforts to adapt to climate change as the continent continues to struggle with drought, cyclones and extreme heat, according to officials at a summit in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. (AP Photo, File) FILE - Nurto Mohamud Ali, 45, who fled the drought-stricken Lower Shabelle region, sits next to her malnourished son Mohamud Hussein, 2, at a camp for the displaced on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia on Sept. 3, 2022. Rich countries say they will spend about $25 billion by 2025 to boost Africa’s efforts to adapt to climate change as the continent continues to struggle with drought, cyclones and extreme heat, according to officials at a summit in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File) FILE - Residents wade through flood water around their homes after heavy rain in Antananarivo, on Jan. 19, 2022. Rich countries say they will spend about $25 billion by 2025 to boost Africa’s efforts to adapt to climate change as the continent continues to struggle with drought, cyclones and extreme heat, according to officials at a summit in Rotterdam in the Netherlands. (AP Photo/Alexander Joe, File)