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Africa: 'The Worst First Week of a COP' - Frustrations Rise As Week Two Begins

Tue, 2024-11-19 07:41
[African Arguments] Negotiators and activists from Africa say there has been very little positive progress at COP29 as well as a worrying focus on false solutions.

East Africa: Ethiopia's Commitment to COP29

Mon, 2024-11-18 21:06
[Ethiopian Herald] Ever since the conferences on the environment have been held at the international level Ethiopia has been an active participant because along with other African countries more or less like Ethiopia, it realizes that climate change has hurt it a lot causing extensive and prolonged damage to its subsistence rain-reliant farmers.

Ethiopia: Pavilion Promotes Ethiopia's Climate Change Mitigation Efforts

Mon, 2024-11-18 21:06
[Ethiopian Herald] Climate change is defined as long-term changes in temperature, precipitation, wind patterns, and other components of the Earth's climate system. It is mostly caused by human actions, particularly the use of fossil fuels, deforestation, and industrial processes that raise the concentration of greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere. These gases trap heat, causing the greenhouse effect.

Zimbabwe: Lawmakers Urged to Champion Gender-Responsive Disaster Management

Mon, 2024-11-18 15:35
[263Chat] Climate-induced extreme weather events are wreaking unprecedented destruction, highlighting the urgent need for gender-responsive disaster management policies, said Master Makope, Acting Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environment, Climate, and Wildlife.

Zimbabwe: Residents Move to Avert Pollution of Monavale Vlei

Mon, 2024-11-18 15:35
[263Chat] Pollution of Monavale Vlei remains a threat to the integrity of the wetland which is an internationally recognised site under the Ramsar International Convention on the protection of wetlands which Zimbabwe signed in 2012.

Zimbabwe: Filabusi Born Zim CEO Named On Time Magazine Top 100 List

Mon, 2024-11-18 15:34
[263Chat] AFRICAN Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd) chief executive officer Lesley Ndlovu has made Time Magazine's 2024 list of the 100 Most Influential Climate Leaders in Business.

South Africa: Top Climate Activist Warns of Catastrophic Outcomes If World Doesn't Transition to Clean Energy

Mon, 2024-11-18 15:34
[SAnews.gov.za] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - South African human rights and climate justice activist, Kumi Naidoo, has warned about the dangers of catastrophic climate change, calling on the Group of 20 (G20) leaders to urgently adopt clean energy solutions.

Africa: On Climate, Will Trump Have It All His Own Way?

Mon, 2024-11-18 15:33
[ISS] The US anti-climate juggernaut is worrying, but several factors could mitigate a potential catastrophe.

Namibia: Shifeta Irked By Inadequate Climate Financing

Mon, 2024-11-18 15:09
[New Era] Katima Mulilo -- Environment minister Pohamba Shifeta expressed disappointment in developed nations for their unwillingness to provide adequate funding towards climate change.

Nigeria: Baku's Climate Pulse - Key Events From COP29's Fifth and Sixth Day

Mon, 2024-11-18 14:50
[Premium Times] During the fifth and sixth days at COP, several initiatives and pledges to scale climate actions through energy efficiency and digitalisation were endorsed.

Rwanda: COP29 - Guidelines On How to Include Small Businesses in National Climate Plans Unveiled

Mon, 2024-11-18 07:12
[New Times] With finance at the top of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) agenda in Baku, Azerbaijan, the International Trade Centre (ITC) unveiled its newly developed guidelines to help countries incorporate micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) into the upcoming cycle of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).

Nigeria: #COP29 Climate Summit - Atiku Faults Nigeria's Large Delegation

Mon, 2024-11-18 07:12
[This Day] Abuja -- The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2023 general election, Atiku Abubakar has criticised what he described as Nigeria's large delegation to this year's #COP29 Climate summit, coming at a time the President Bola Tinubu is preaching austerity measures to reduce cost.

Africa: Breakthroughs, Setbacks in COP29's First Week of Ambitious Pursuit of Climate Consensus

Mon, 2024-11-18 07:11
[IPS] Baku -- It has been a high-profile packed agenda in Baku, Azerbaijan, marked by milestone events designed to complete the first enhanced transparency framework and the new collective quantified goal on finance, among other top priority matters.

Africa: Youth Protest At COP29 - 'We Will Not Standby to Inherit Dead Planet'

Mon, 2024-11-18 07:11
[IPS] Baku -- "We cannot rely on capitalistic logic to serve our fight for liberation. More investments will not build houses after floods because it's not profitable. Corporations will not overthrow the industrial-agricultural complex that is completing our assault."

Africa: Climate Finance Loans a Disaster for Climate-Burdened African Communities

Mon, 2024-11-18 07:11
[IPS] Baku -- African environmental activists at the ongoing climate summit (COP29) in Baku have called on climate financiers to stop suffocating poor countries with unbearable loans in the name of financing climate adaptation and mitigation on the continent.

Africa: 3 Innovative Ways to Help Countries Hit By Climate Disasters, Beyond a Loss and Damage Fund

Fri, 2024-11-15 16:41
[The Conversation Africa] These days, it's hard to escape news stories discussing how climate change is contributing to extreme weather disasters, including the recent U.S. hurricanes. Aid agencies are increasingly worried about the widespread damage.

Malawi: First Lady Madam Chakwera Donates Relief Food to Nkhota Kota Flood Victims

Fri, 2024-11-15 15:33
[Nyasa Times] First Lady Madam Monica Chakwera has donated 45 metric tonnes of maize flour and 5 metric tonnes of beans worth K70.7 million to 1800 households who were affected by floods in Nkhota kota.

Africa: Africa's Demands - Continent's COP29 Irreducible Minimums Amid Release of First Draft Text

Fri, 2024-11-15 14:07
[IPS] Baku -- As expected, climate finance has taken center stage in Baku COP29 in a bid to renew the global focus on finance as a means to transform climate ambitions into tangible, sustainable action.

Africa: From the Biodiversity COP16 to the Climate COP29 - Building Equitable Accountability, Alignment, and Adequacy On Finance

Fri, 2024-11-15 14:07
[IPS] The United States just went through its most consequential election. While the outcome raises questions about what the re-election of Trump means for U.S. engagement in global climate talks moving forward (in view of his previous stunt), the game is still on, with or without him. Despite the challenges, local communities, cities, states, private actors, and the public more broadly have embarked on an unstoppable journey--upholding the spirit of the Paris Agreement.

Africa: COP29 - Why Africa's $1.3 Trillion Climate Goal Makes Perfect Sense

Fri, 2024-11-15 14:07
[African Arguments] Global leaders should keep in mind that the benefits of climate financing far outweigh the costs of implementing them.

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