According to a joint declaration, the action is required to combat climate change.

A declaration released on Wednesday following the Africa Climate Summit states that leaders from across Africa have urged for the implementation of a worldwide carbon tax on fossil fuels, shipping, and aviation.

The three-day conference in the Kenyan capital came to a close with the Nairobi Declaration.

The 1.3 billion-person continent’s leaders signed a statement urging the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitters to provide more aid to less developed countries.

The proclamation, according to the heads of state from Africa, will serve as the foundation for their bargaining position at the COP28 meeting in Dubai in November.

The proclamation also referred to the unfulfilled commitment of $100 billion yearly in climate finance to developing countries made 14 years prior.

According to reports, despite being among the regions most susceptible to the effects of climate change, Africa only receives 12% of the $300 billion it need each year to deal with the consequences.

No nation should ever be forced to choose between development goals and climate action, according to the document.

During the conference, which was primarily devoted to discussions about the potential mobilisation of funds to adapt to increasingly extreme weather, preserve natural resources, and promote renewable energy, $23 billion in commitments were reportedly made, according to Kenyan President William Ruto.

In addition, the declaration demanded that the continent’s enormous mineral wealth be processed there, stressing that “decarbonizing the global economy is also an opportunity to contribute to equality and shared prosperity.”