She’s speaking at the climate summit in Montreal that she’s attending before heading for New York to join President Jacob Zuma’s delegation to the United Nations General Assembly.

South Africa’s  joined the Partnership for Action on the Green Economy, says Environment Minister Edna Molewa.

She’s calling for a more muscular  role by non-state actors – like civil society and the private sector – to meet and beat commitments to reducing greenhouse gases.

Participants in the Montreal meeting are eagerly awaiting the contribtution of the US representative after hints from Washington that President Donald Trump might not make good on his threat to renege on the Paris agreement.

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