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The Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA) urged African leaders to resist the Corporate Industrialization of African agriculture which will result in massive land grabs, and for the issue to be raised at the upcoming climate negotiations in Copenhagen, at the Pan African Network workshop held from November 23rd -25th, 2009 at Wasamara Hotel here.
Despite concerted efforts by the government to reduce emissions of green house gasses (GHG) as part of a wider move to mitigate the consequences of climate change, a report compiled by environmental specialists from Oxford University has revealed that emissions are expected to double by 2020.
President Jacob Zuma has during a bilateral meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy called for world leaders to commit to legally binding emission reduction targets at the upcoming climate change summit in Copenhagen.
On the final lap of the years-long marathon to the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen next month, UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon, takes his call for urgent action to a meeting of Commonwealth leaders in Trinidad and Tobago on Friday, the last global gathering before the summit.
Family planning, reproductive health care and gender relations could influence the future course of climate change and affect how humanity adapts to rising seas, worsening storms and severe droughts, according to The State of World Population 2009, published last week by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund.
This week, world leaders will gather in the German city of Copenhagen to argue over issues related to climate change and anticipation is that a global treaty would be the outcome.
Lagos Metropolitan Area Transport Authority (LAMATA) , weekend , explained why World Bank projects in the state are becoming deplorable, citing project timeframe, funding, storm and flooding as major reasons.
President Jacob Zuma, expressed satisfaction with the direction and future of the Commonwealth Group as he ended his visit to Trinidad and Tobago today Sunday (29 November 2009).
President Jacob Zuma has expressed satisfaction with the direction and future of the Commonwealth Group.
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NAMWATER'S weekly dam bulletin shows that the average level of the country's dams now stands at 56,9 per cent, compared to last year's 58,4 per cent.
Climate change is not an abstraction on future threat. It is happening now, with damaging consequences. Failure to take meaningful action in Copenhagen will not only fail those who are suffering today, but will also jeopardize the well-being of our planet and future generations."- Kofi Annan, former United Nations Secretary - General
Experts from Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) have advised government to develop robust strategic plans in the area of drought risk management in order to improve agricultural production and productivity.
Coastal communities that rely on fishing as a major occupation are now threatened by rise in sea levels and acidification of water due to the rise in ocean warming placing families at risk, experts say.
THE labour movement in Zambia has called on Government to expedite the strategies aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change and take on board all stakeholders including trade unionists.
A major storm hit KwaZulu-Natal on Friday afternoon, leaving more than 1000 homes severely damaged and up to 600 people homeless.
Bwindi Parish is just 15km from Kabale town but the journey, along a winding road, takes two hours. A bustling trading centre with a population of about 1,000 people, Bwindi is famous for commercial Irish potato cultivation. But not even that can wipe out the memories of the devastating flood that buried crops, swallowed 19 homesteads and killed six people last month.
Uganda's temperature is projected to rise 1.5 degrees in the next 20 years, which means its impact will be felt in most people's lifetime.
WIDESPREAD rains are expected to cover the country next week, the Meteorological Services Department has said.
Climate change will hit Africa - a continent that has contributed virtually nothing to bring it about - first and hardest.
Recognising that they have been given an "unprecedented opportunity" just before the start of the climate change talks in Copenhagen, Commonwealth leaders have issued a declaration which commits to focusing efforts "on achieving the strongest possible outcome" in the Danish capital.
When African representatives travel to Copenhagen in early December for crucial international talks on climate change, they will strive to speak in unison. "For the first time in history," says Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, "Africa will field a single negotiating team empowered to negotiate on behalf of all member states of the African Union.... Africa's interest and position will not be ...
Two near misses by huge storms rolling in from the Indian Ocean have signalled an early start to Madagascar's cyclone season, prompting the humanitarian community to appeal for "urgent" preparedness funding. Meteorologists forecast that four to five intense cyclones could strike Madagascar during the 2009/10 season.
The news on climate change from the Asia Pacific Economic Summit in Singapore has been sobering, mixed and disappointing. It means that expectations as to what can be achieved at the climate meeting in Copenhagen in December have clearly changed. We are told by some that it is too late to reach a legally binding treaty, and that all the world should hope for is some form of political commitment ...
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