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By Cecilia Russell During his childhood, Joshua Amponsem spent a lot of time in his dry rural community collecting water from the streams. “It was normal,” the co-director of the Youth Climate Justice Fund says in an interview on the sidelines of COP28. “We didn’t talk about climate change.” Later, as a student at a university […]
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COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber addressed the inaugural Africa Climate Summit, held in Nairobi, Kenya, where he emphasised the need for mitigation and adaptation finance as critical success factors for climate progress in Africa and globally. Noting that the world is “losing the race to secure the goals of the Paris Agreement and struggling […]
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Africa.com’s Climate Change series is in line with Africa Climate Week taking place from 4-8 September 2023 in Nairobi – As climate change continues to reshape the world, Africa finds itself on the frontline of its impacts. The continent’s vulnerability to extreme weather events, shifting climate patterns, and environmental degradation calls for urgent action. One critical aspect […]
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COP28 President-Designate Dr. Sultan Al Jaber has addressed the nineteenth session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), sharing his vision and priorities for COP28, especially the need for adaptation financing and acceleration of the energy transition. A key partner to COP28, AMCEN unites environment ministers from across the continent and provides political […]
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To build resilience against climate change, the countries have outlined tangible ambitions for green growth, including plans to increase climate investment Africa contributes the least – less than 3% — to global warming, yet the continent is the most vulnerable to climate risks. To build resilience against climate change, the countries have outlined tangible ambitions […]
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Climate finance is a hot topic in the run up to COP27. While Africa waits for developed nations to fulfil their aid pledges, climate financing is making a difference on the continent, but more needs to be done. Less than two months to this year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, African leaders […]
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