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The issue of climate adaptation continued to dominate the African agenda on Day 3 of COP27. On Wednesday, the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), who set the rules in the bond market, laid out plans for countries hit by climate induced natural disasters, such as flooding and hurricanes, to automatically freeze debt payments. The ICMA introduced […]
...What can we do now? Indigenous leaders, top scientists, leading politicians, and activists from Africa and the globe seek and provide answers at GLF Climate Conference alongside the most important climate conference of the year Humanity is facing a barrage of interconnected crises: climate change, conflict, hunger, high inflation, energy crisis and the enduring impacts […]
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The African Development Bank and the Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank (TDB) have united to launch a unique financial instrument to catalyze financing for sustainable development on the continent. At the ongoing global climate summit, COP27, the African Development Bank on Wednesday announced an investment commitment of USD 15 million in TDB’s […]
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The effects of climate change are being felt globally. While African countries have done little to contribute to the causes of climate change, people across the continent are being hit hard by its impacts. In the lead up to November’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt, Dr. Emily Musil Church, Senior Director at […]
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Palm oil, cocoa, coffee, rubber and other tree crops in sharp focus as African governments commit to responsible production at CoP27 Ministers from ten African countries will today sign the Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative Declaration, a single set of principles for the responsible production of agricultural commodities in Africa. The Africa Sustainable Commodities Initiative (ASCI) puts […]
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What if access to health-enabling, climate-resilient environments in cities was the central pillar of all urban development? What if youth led the way in reimagining cities as places that protect health? And what if Africa, as the fastest urbanising continent with the youngest population, led the world in harnessing urban development for health and climate-resilience? […]
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Mayors from around the world have a clear message for global leaders attending the 27th United Nations Climate Change conference (COP27): The best way to protect people everywhere from rising prices, polluted air and extreme weather, and to secure good jobs in fairer societies, is to invest in cleaner, greener cities, not fossil fuels. Current […]
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SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT (November 7, 2022) – Today, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation echoed African leaders’ calls for countries to rapidly scale-up finance for climate adaptation and pledged to invest $1.4 billion to help smallholder farmers address the immediate and long-term impacts of climate change. The announcement was made by Gates Foundation CEO […]
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Today at COP27 Michael R. Bloomberg, UN Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions – alongside His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo, President of the Republic of Ghana, Damilola Ogunbiyi, CEO and Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All and Co-Chair of UN-Energy, and Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and […]
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It is vital that stories of how climate change is affecting ordinary people across Africa, and the world, are told at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP27), starting in Egypt on 6 November 2022, says Kénia Diva of ForAfrika, the largest indigenous nongovernmental organisation on the continent. Diva, a member of its Angola communications […]
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