By Earnest Kivumbi Benjamin updated 0358 EAT on Thursday 21st Nov 2024 Good afternoon. I have just returned from the G20 Summit in Rio. COP29 was very much on the agenda. I urged G20 leaders to instruct their ministers and negotiators to secure a new ambitious climate finance goal at COP29. And I heard leader…
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We can’t Leave without a Deal – Polluters Must Pay or Humanity will Pay the Price- UN’s António Guterres & Simon Siell.
By Earnest Kivumbi Benjamin updated at 0151 EAT on Monday 18th Nov 2024 BAKU – AZERBAIJAN Strong staments were delivered recently from UN Chief addressing delegates at Olympic Stadium in Baku Azerbaijan where COP 29 is happening. “We can’t Leave without a Deal.”“Polluters Must Pay or Humanity will Pay the Price.”“The Deal is a Must.”“Climate…
Dr. Michelle Announces Return to Uganda Ahead of Christmas with Huge Humatarian Campaign at Africa’s Largest Refugee Camp- Bidi Bidi.
By Viola Nabbale- updated at 1905 EAT on 14th Nov 2024 Kampala- American Televangelist and Philanthropist Dr. Michelle Corral has announced returning to Uganda from 16th-18th November 2024 a month after the 2nd East Africa Fire & Anointing Pastors Conference that took place in September in Kampala. Dr. Michelle who has been in Ethiopia recently…
“We Don’t Need Handouts, Africa Has Financial Capital Assets” Leaders Speak at COP 29
By Earnest Kivumbi Benjamin – updated at 0757 EAT on Wednesday 13th Nov 2024 African leaders have made profound statements at COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan during dialogue of Heads of State and Government at the World Leaders segment of the COP29 on measuring the green wealth of Africa. The session on Wednesday was hosted by…
Global Leaders Convene in Azerbaijan as UN Boss Warns Time is Running out to save the Planet; Demands $40 billion a year by 2025.
Updated by Earnest Kivumbi Benjamin at 1750 EAT on Tuesday 12th November 2024 BAKU- AZERBAIJAN Several influential world leaders won’t be attending an action summit this week at the center of climate talks in Azerbaijan. High on the agenda is a deal to boost climate funding for developing countries. The two-day World Leaders Action Summit…
We Delivered-Lets Go to Work-Let us Rise Together; Big-wigs Speak out at the Opening of COP 29
By Earnest Kivumbi Benjamin BAKU- AZERBAIJAN- Updated at 03:10 GMT+4 on Tuesday 12th November 2024 Strong statements on Monday emerged from Baku Stadium during the opening of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change- UNFCC COP 29. Thousands of delegates including Heads of State, Ambassadors, Civil Societies, Academia, Observers, Climate actors and others are…
Global Lenses Turn to Azerbaijan Ahead of UN Convention on Climate Change, President Ilham Aliyev Speaks out.
By Earnest Kivumbi Benjamin – updated at 1251 EAT on Saturday 09th November 2024 The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Cop 29 will start Monday 11-22nd in Eastern Europe’s Caspian Sea country Azerbaijan. This small country borders Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Iran and Turkey near by. COP29 takes place at Baku Stadium. The venue…
Putin’s BRICS summit: What’s on the agenda and why it matters.
The summit, which leaders from two dozen nations will attend, is the largest event Russia has hosted in years and a signal to the West amid the war in Ukraine, analysts say By Sarah Shamim Updated On 24 Oct 202422 Oct 2024 Russian President Vladimir Putin is hosting the annual BRICS summit, which started on Tuesday, in Russia’s…
