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New ETC Report Highlights Priority Actions To Limit Global Warming Despite positive progress at COP26, current country pledges and commitments, even if fully implemented, still do not put the world on trajectory to limit global warming to 1.5°C. If the world is to have even a 50% chance of meeting that objective, COP27 must act […]
...Ewi Stephanie Lamma Amy Giliam Thorp Sunday Geofrey Africa is one of the world’s last frontiers of biodiversity – housing roughly one fifth of the planet’s known species of mammals, birds, and plants. An abundance of life flourishes in diverse ecosystems across the continent. The Congo Basin – the world’s second largest tropical rainforest and […]
...The climate change conference COP27 offers a unique opportunity to increase energy access and lay the foundations for decarbonisation across Africa, but wealthy nations must deliver on their climate finance pledges to unlock the continent’s potential, according to a new report. ‘Pathways for Africa’s Energy Future,’ a report from the technology group Wärtsilä, provides power system […]
...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 […]
...IBM Will Demonstrate How Technology Can Help Align Sustainability Goals To Business Objectives IBM – a leading hybrid cloud, AI, and business services provider – has been named technology partner of the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP27, to be hosted by the Egyptian government in Sharm-el-Sheikh during November 6 to 18. At the conference, IBM will […]
...COP27 Will Focus on Strengthening Adaptation and Resilience, Limiting the Impacts of Climate Change, Facilitating a Just Transition, and Increasing Funding and Collaboration for Essential Climate Solutions BCG Will Bring Industry Insight and Analytical Capabilities to Support Egypt’s COP27 Presidency Boston Consulting Group (BCG), one of the world’s leading management consulting firms, is proud to […]
...By Bitsat Yohannes-Kassahun A year ago, we welcomed 2021 with a sense of cautious optimism when the newly developed vaccines promised a shift in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. The focus turned towards building back better and doing things differently as many countries started to rethink and rebuild their shattered economies. For African countries, however, […]
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