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Africa:
Africa Faces Sharp Rise in Climate Adaption Costs - Unep
AlertNet, 19 November 2013
Africa faces climate adaptation costs in the range of $7 billion to $15 billion per year by 2020, and that figure could rise to around $350 billion annually by 2070 if global… Read more »
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Tanzania:
EU Dishes Out Over Sh16 Billion for Climate Change Project
Daily News, 20 November 2013
THE Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Tanzania and the Ministry of Finance signed an agreement amounting to over 16bn/-for a second Global Climate Change Alliance Programme… Read more »
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Africa:
Developing World Pushes for Rescue of U.N. Carbon Credit Fund
IPS, 15 November 2013
Negotiators from Least Developed Countries are calling for the United Nations climate body to urgently establish a rescue fund to save Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism… Read more »
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Africa:
Concerns Over Role of Corporates At Climate Talks
IPS, 15 November 2013
As deliberations continue in earnest at the 19th United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Warsaw, negotiators from the Global South welcome a focus on financing adaptation -… Read more »
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Africa:
Africans Seek Clarity On Climate Finance At Warsaw Talks
AlertNet, 14 November 2013
African negotiators and climate activists have called on wealthy nations at U.N. climate talks in Warsaw to say how they willl boost funding for African and other developing states… Read more »
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Africa:
Govts Fight for Finance At Cop 19
Namibia Economist, 15 November 2013
Civil society groups across Africa demanded that developed countries fulfil and implement their commitments under the UN climate convention, in order to fairly share a necessary… Read more »
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Africa:
UN Chief Urges Climate Negotiators to Reach Global Deal
UN News, 19 November 2013
The world need look no further than the catastrophe in the Philippines to comprehend the profound and dangerous consequences of a warming planet, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon… Read more »
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Liberia:
Liberia Set to Transform Its Renewables Sector With $50 Million Climate Fund
FrontPageAfrica, 12 November 2013
The plan is designed to help increase energy access through off-grid electricity schemes based on small hydro, solar PV, biomass, and hybrid systems Read more »
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Africa:
Rich Countries Must End Obsession With Private Climate Finance
Oxfam, 20 November 2013
Rich countries' obsession with private finance means millions of poor and vulnerable people could be left to face increasingly extreme and erratic climate alone warned Oxfam today… Read more »
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Africa:
Christian Aid Calls for Urgent Climate Finance to Unlock Talks
Christian Aid, 20 November 2013
As finance ministers from around the world arrive at the UN climate summit in Poland, Christian Aid has called on them to unlock the talks with firm commitments on climate finance. Read more »
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Africa:
Time to Pay for Climate "Loss and Damage"
AfricaFocus, 18 November 2013
"The U.S. delegation negotiating at the U.N. international climate change conference in Poland is pushing an agenda of minimising the role of "Loss and Damage" in the UNFCCC… Read more »
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Zambia:
Poor States Seek Lasting Solutions At COP 19
Times of Zambia, 20 November 2013
DELEGATES from more than 190 countries are meeting in Warsaw, Poland for the 19th Conference of the Parties (COP 19) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change… Read more »
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Africa:
Africa Climate Adaptation Costs Could Soar to U.S.$350 Billion Annually By 2070 If Warming Hits 3.5-4°c UN Report
UNEP, 19 November 2013
Africa faces huge financial challenges in adapting to climate change, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) that spells out the costs faced by the… Read more »