# University of the Witwatersrand professor of Philosophy, Lucy Allais, says wealthy countries have climate obligations to finance the energy transition and mitigate the climate crisis. Currently, sub-Saharan Africa receives just five-percent of global climate finance to pay for mitigation, such as renewable energy projects and to adapt to the effects of global warming. Allais says while wealthy nations should be obligated to reverse climate change, developing countries have an entitlement not to reduce emissions:
Wits professor says all countries have a collective obligation to mitigate the climate crisis [SOUND]
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