Mt Kenya, once the only snow-capped mountain on the equator, but, unlike in the past when it was covered by snow, the effects of global warming have left it bare.
Mt Kenya, once the only snow-capped mountain on the equator, but, unlike in the past when it was covered by snow, the effects of global warming have left it bare.
Africa: Food Miles' Mantra Can be 'Miles Worse' for Climate and Communities, Say Oxfam, IIED
IIED, 3 December 2009
Fruit pickerWestern consumer concern over climate change can do more harm than good if it cuts demand for food produced in developing nations, warns a new book by Oxfam and the… Read more »
Ghana: COP 15 Opens in Copenhagen Today
Public Agenda, 7 December 2009
The 15th Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dubbed COP 15, opens today in Copenhagen, Denmark, amidst uncertainties of what… Read more »
Africa: Future of Humanity Hingers on Copenhagen, Says Ban
UN, 9 December 2009
The outcome of the historic United Nations climate change conference under way in Copenhagen will have reverberations for the future of humanity and the planet, Secretary-General… Read more »
Africa: Developing Countries Uneasy Over Climate Talks Text
COP15, 9 December 2009
For more than a week a rumour has circulated that Denmark, host of the ongoing UN conference on climate change, has drawn up a compromise text. On the afternoon of the conference's… Read more »
Africa: World Bank Fund Points Way for Continent
Business Day, 9 December 2009
The World Bank said yesterday that its experience in financing climate change investment projects over the past decade had shown the facility was the best way Africa could… Read more »
Africa: China Calls for Deeper Emissions Cuts
COP15, 9 December 2009
The United States and the European Union (EU) are expected by the Chinese delegation to bring more notable emission reductions targets to the Copenhagen climate talks. Read more »
Africa: Split With Developed Nations Threatens Climate Talks
This Day, 9 December 2009
The wide differences between developed and developing countries yesterday threatened the ongoing negotiations at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations… Read more »
Africa: 2009 World Population Report Links Climate Change to Population Growth
MediaGlobal, 2 December 2009
According to the newly released State of World Population 2009 report from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), a slowing of population growth could help ease the impacts of… Read more »
Africa: Climate Change Threatens Children's Food, Meeting Told
UNIRIN, 7 December 2009
Seven children die of hunger every minute because they do not have access to treatment, but the impact of climate change on the drivers of undernutrition - food insecurity, health… Read more »
Uganda: Govt Pushes for Reparations at Climate Talks
Monitor, 9 December 2009
Uganda is pushing participants at the ongoing UN climate change conference in Copenhagen to accept payment of reparation by developed countries to poor nations as a win-win deal… Read more »
South Africa: Govt Emissions Offer Not Legally Binding, Says Official
Business Day, 9 December 2009
A leading South African climate change negotiator says SA's offer to scale back the rate of growth of carbon emissions is voluntary and not legally binding. Read more »
Uganda: Climate Change is Hitting the World's Poor Hardest
New Vision, 8 December 2009
WITH the ongoing climate change negotiations in Copenhagen, one thing is clear: For millions of people around the world, climate change is not simply a future threat, it is a… Read more »
Uganda: Due to Climate Change, West Nile Destroys Wetlands
New Vision, 8 December 2009
CLIMATE change impacts such as prolonged droughts and floods in the West Nile basin have pushed surrounding communities into the wetlands. Read more »
Kenya: Bad Policies Blamed for Climate Crisis
Nation, 8 December 2009
Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai has blamed bad policies for the worsening impact of climate change in Kenya. Read more »
Ethiopia: Nearly 5 Million Ethiopians Will Need Food Aid in First Half of 2010, UN Reports
UN News, 8 December 2009
Some 4.8 million Ethiopians will require emergency food and related aid costing $270 million for the first six months of 2010 in a country already plagued by prolonged drought and… Read more »
Kenya: MP Says Climate Deal Unlikely
Nation, 8 December 2009
The Copenhagen summit is unlikely to produce a legally binding agreement on tackling climate change, a Kenyan MP said Tuesday. Read more »
Africa: Danish and emerging economies proposal for a climate deal
Oxfam, 8 December 2009
Antonio Hill, Oxfam International Climate Advisor said, “Like ants in a room full of elephants poor countries are at risk of been squeezed out of the climate talks in… Read more »
Nigeria: Climate Change - World Leaders Hopeful of Resolution
This Day, 8 December 2009
The 15th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) commenced yesterday in Copenhagen, Denmark with a strong determination by… Read more »
Uganda: World's Poor Deserve a Fair Deal From Copenhagen Climate Summit
Monitor, 8 December 2009
As the climate change negotiations in Copenhagen kicks off, one thing is clear: for millions of people around the world climate change is not simply a future threat, it is a… Read more »
Africa: Continent Most Vulnerable to Effects of Climate Change
Business Daily, 8 December 2009
It is only in the last one year that Africa's political leaders have taken keener interest in climate change issues. Read more »
Nigeria: Africa Seeks Help to Mitigate Climate Change
Daily Champion, 8 December 2009
Less developed economies and Africa in particular would from today at the commencement of the UN climate change summit in Copenhagen, Denmark seek financial compensation,… Read more »
Africa: 'Copenhagen Should Target the Developed World'
IPS, 7 December 2009
Although a professional actor by trade, Djimon Hounsou takes his role as a U.N. goodwill ambassador for climate change seriously, and hopes to see a strong mandate reached in… Read more »
Southern Africa: SADC, AU Must Speak With One Voice in Copenhagen
The Herald, 5 December 2009
SOUTHERN AFRICA is in agreement with the rest of the continent on a common position for the upcoming climate change negotiations in Copenhagen. Read more »
Africa: Poor States Hope to Benefit From Climate Talks
Nation, 6 December 2009
Climate talks opening today in Copenhagen, Denmark could be a turning point for developing countries. Read more »
Africa: Continent Bears Brunt of Climate Change
Nation, 6 December 2009
With their rugged glacier summits and heavily forested slopes, Mounts Kenya and Kilimanjaro stand tall as some of the most impressive land masses in Africa. Read more »
Nigeria: Climate Change - Developed Nations May Cough Up U.S.$10 Billion
This Day, 7 December 2009
Ahead of the historic UN Climate Change Conference kicking-off today in Copenhagen, Denmark, the Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change Commission,… Read more »
South Africa: Govt Agrees to Cut Emissions, But Wants Help
Govt of SA, 7 December 2009
President Jacob Zuma has accepted the invitation from the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Denmark, Mr Lars Løkke Rasmussen, to attend the Heads of State and Government… Read more »
Nigeria: Copenhagen and Climate Justice
Daily Champion, 6 December 2009
As leaders from all over the world gather in Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark from tomorrow for a climate change summit, what must be uppermost in their minds must be how to save… Read more »
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