By Friday Phiri Climate Experts during a meeting Ahead of the United Nations 2016 Climate Conference slated for Morocco from 7-18th November, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources, Trevor Kaunda has urged the Zambian delegation to always factor in global issues as they formulate national climate plans and activities. Mr. Kaunda…
Zambian Climate experts welcome Paris Agreement expected entry into force in a month’s time, and call for a speedy national ratification process
By Friday Phiri As the Paris Agreement is set to enter into legal force on 4th November 2016, climate experts in Zambia have called for a speedy national ratification process. Welcoming the announcement by the UNFCCC secretariat that over 55 Parties covering more than 55 per cent of GHG emissions have ratified the Agreement to…
China and US bring Paris Agreement enforcement closer
Ratification of the Paris Climate Change Agreement by China and the United States – the world’s top two emitters of greenhouse gases – has brought its rapid entry into force a big step closer. “I would like today to thank China and the United States for ratifying this landmark agreement—an agreement on which rests the…
ANOTHER WORLD IS INDEED POSSIBLE– PACJA
Ahead of the COP 22 in Marrakech, Morocco, the Pan African climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) says ‘another world is possible’ if world leaders keep their pledges in the Paris agreement and the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) agenda. The Pan African civil society organization made the observation when thousands of movements from across the globe gathered…
Building Africa’s Energy Grid Can Be Green, Smart and Affordable
It is Africa’s dilemma–to lift its people out of poverty but at the same time guard against the threat of climate change. A lot is at stake for the most vulnerable continent to climate change and yet contributes a negligent less than 4 percent of GHG You can read more in the following post… http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/06/building-africas-energy-grid-can-be-green-smart-and-affordable/
AfDB Group announces US $549-million drought response package for Eastern and Southern Africa
By Friday Phiri The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced a relief package of US$ 549 million in support of 14 countries most affected by the ongoing drought in Eastern and Southern Africa AfDB Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, who acknowledged the severe impact of the El Niño weather pattern, announced Friday that the package consists of…
Green Climate Fund must say no to partnerships with scandal-laden banks
By Friday Phiri Civil society groups at a meeting of the GCF’s Board in Songdo, South Korea, have reiterated their call which they issued late last year warning the Green Climate Fund (GCF) not channel its money through two alleged scandal-ridden international commercial banks that are leading funders of the coal industry. The groups say…
WFP’s Chief Calls for Support for Those Most Vulnerable to Climate Change
Climate induced droughts have become the order of the day in recent years. However,the El Ninon weather phenomenon sweeping across the Southern and East African regions, seems to have worsed the situation this year. And so coping for smallholder farmers should be the concern for all development stakeholders, according to WFP Executive Director. http://www.ipsnews.net/2016/01/wfps-chief-calls-for-support-for-those-most-vulnerable-to-climate-change/
Africa Hopes for a Fair and Just Climate Deal Instead of ‘Dead Aid’
With days to go before the much anticipated Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change-UNFCCC, Africa–dubbed the most vulnerable continent to negative impacts of climate change, hopes for a fair deal. Read More hre: http://www.indepthnews.info/index.php/global-issues/2540-africa-hopes-for-a-fair-and-just-climate-deal-instead-of-dead-aid
Ghanaian Climate Expert calls for consistency from the African Group at the COP
Lack of consistency hinders Africa’s fulfilled participation at climate deal negotiations, a Ghanaian Climate Expert has observed. Seth Osafo of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) and Former Legal Advisor to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) says Africa’s position at the COP negotiations is weakened due to lack of consistency at…
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