Climate change must be integrated into the post-2015 agenda, as ignoring it may condemn many Africans to a life of poverty
1) Protect and invest in African ecosystems
2) Make adaptation and climate risk management core elements of post-2015 development agenda
3) Take advantage of mitigation opportunities
4) Promote Sustainable agriculture and provide support to expand sustainable agriculture methods
5) Manage water
6) Investment in climate smart infrastructures
7) Focus on knowledge and capacity development
8) Invest in information services
China is to finance 90% of the first stage, put at $3.8bn (£2.3bn), with work carried out by a Chinese firm.
Construction work on the standard gauge line is expected to start in October this year, and the 610km (380-mile) stretch from the coast to Nairobi is due to be finished in early 2018.