Summary of What a tiny African country can teach us about climate action

The Gambia has been singled out as the only nation with adequate plans to avert a climate catastrophe.
While the country’s own carbon footprint is small, it’s suffered from the impacts of global climate change.
The related shortcomings of bigger countries have been highlighted as COP26 climate talks get underway in Glasgow.

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