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…
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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…
UK, Germany to provide $20 million to boost risk financing for communities vulnerable to climate shocks
The United Kingdom and Germany on Wednesday agreed to provide the World Food Programme (WFP) with 20 million U.S. dollars to support the expansion of WFP’s climate and disaster risk financing cover in 23 countries across the globe. The money should help protect up to 4.6 million people from climate risks over the next two years. The…
Report indicates Europe’s drought is the worst in 500 years.
Two-thirds of Europe is under some sort of drought warning, in what is likely the worst such event in 500 years. The latest report from the Global Drought Observatory says 47% of the continent is in “warning” conditions, meaning soil has dried up. Another 17% is on alert – meaning vegetation “shows signs of stress”….
Tonga under water volcano causes Significant damage.
New Zealand’s prime minister says Saturday’s volcanic eruption damaged Tonga’s capital, but there are no reports of deaths as of yet. By Faith Barbara Namagembe Updated at 0916 EAT On 16 Jan 2022. New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Tonga’s capital Nuku’alofa suffered “significant” damage from a powerful volcanic eruption that triggered a tsunami,…
Africa Struggles for carbon-neutral future
By Daniel Plafker & E K Benj updated at 1611 GMT on 2nd Sep 2021 On August 9, the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued its most damning assessment yet of the world’s progress towards avoiding the most devastating impacts of human-caused climate change. In what more than 230 scientists called a ‘code red for humanity,’ the…
President Biden Invites 40 World Leaders for Climate Summit.
WHITE HOUSE – BRIEFING ROOM By E K Benj Updated at 15:10 GMT on Saturday, 17th April 21 US President Joe Biden has invited 40 world leaders to the Leaders Summit on Climate he will host on April 22 and 23. The virtual Leaders Summit will be live streamed for public viewing. President Biden took…
Climate change: Uganda under threat from a melting glacier
By Pablo Uchoa Climate change Ronah Masika remembers when she could still see the snowy caps of the Rwenzori mountains, a Unesco World Heritage site on the border between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The view was stunning every time she travelled from her home in Kasese town to the Ugandan capital, Kampala…
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