AfDB and partners pledge continued support to Africa’s climate resilient development agenda

Friday Phiri The African Development Bank (AfDB), African Union Commission (AUC) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) have pledged to continue working together to make Africa’s development sustainable, inclusive and climate-resilient. The three Pan-African institutions said they will continue to work with member States, partners and stakeholders to influence, strengthen and enable…

Locals key to climate fight, say Experts

Delegates at the CCDA VII in Nairobi, Kenya. Photo credit: Friday Phiri Local communities’ involvement is a key intervention towards ensuring the resilience of African economies to climate change, experts at the Seventh Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA VII), have said. Convened under the theme: Policies and actions for effective implementation…

Rapid, far- reaching and unprecedented changes are required to halt climate change, says IPCC special report

An automated weather station at Kanchomba Agricultural Farm Institute–Pemba district, Zambia. Photo credit: Friday Phiri   By Friday Phiri Limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celcius would require rapid, far- reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society, the Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said in a new assessment. The IPCC is the leading…