November 27
Zimbabwe: Drought Ravaged Zimbabwe Targets Increased Grain Output Ahead of Ambitious 2024/25 Cropping Season
New Zimbabwe
DESPITE suffering a devastating El Nino-induced drought during the last cropping season, Zimbabwean authorities have set an ambitious 2024/2025 summer season plan envisaged to… Read more »
Nigeria: Why Women Should Be At Forefront of Climate Change Decision-Making
Daily Trust
Felicia Ameh, 32, begins her day as early as 5:30am by fetching water from a distant stream, preparing breakfast, and ensuring that her three children are ready for the village… Read more »
Africa: At Decisive Plastics Treaty Talks, Greenpeace Africa Warns World Leaders - 'We Are Watching' [announcement]
Greenpeace
A flag with a giant eye composed of thousands of portraits from around the world, has been unfurled from a 10-storey crane as government representatives are gathering for the the… Read more »
Uganda: COP29 - A Flawed Carbon Market Framework Raises Concerns
Nile Post
The decision to fast-track the adoption of Article 6 has been criticised for bypassing comprehensive consultations with member states and neglecting key issues, including… Read more »
November 26
Rwanda: COP29 - From Finance to Carbon Markets - Five Key Takeaways From Global Climate Talks
New Times
The just concluded UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, delivered a deal on climate finance on Sunday, November 24, following two weeks of "tense" negotiations. It was agreed… Read more »
Nigeria: COP29 Ends Amidst Walkouts and Weak Deals
Daily Trust
The 29th UN Climate Change Conference (COP29), held in Baku, Azerbaijan, wrapped up early Sunday morning with outcomes that left developing nations and activists disheartened. Read more »
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Africa: COP29 Presentation of Report On 'Measuring the Green Wealth of Nations - Natural Capital and Economic Productivity in Africa'
African Development Bank (AfDB)
WHAT: COP29 Presentation of Report on "Measuring the Green Wealth of Nations: Natural Capital and Economic Productivity in Africa" Read more »
Africa: Nature, Climate, and Prosperity - Unlocking the Power of Integrated Action
IPS
As the world faces escalating challenges, from climate change to biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, there is now a rapidly expanding understanding that these crises are… Read more »
Kenya: CJ Koome Calls On Courts to Champion Climate Justice
Capital FM
Chief Justice Martha Koome has urged courts to champion climate justice by arbitrating competing interests while upholding equity and fairness to ensure that climate action does… Read more »
Kenya: Kengen Picked to Drive Kenya's Carbon Market Framework
Capital FM
The Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has been appointed to the Multi-Sectoral Technical Committee (MSTC) to spearhead Kenya's carbon market framework development. Read more »
Rwanda: How Can Rwanda's Near-Extinct Traditional Food Crops Be Salvaged?
New Times
Agricultural scientists and traditionalists have pointed at the need for protecting traditional food crops that are slowly disappearing in Rwanda, yet they have numerous advantages… Read more »
November 25
Sudan: First WFP Convoy Reaches North Darfur Camp Since Famine Declared
Dabanga
The first World Food Programme (WFP) convoy arrived at Zamzam camp in North Darfur on Friday, since the declaration of famine in the area three months ago. This marks the start of… Read more »
Africa: View(s) From Africa - Verdicts On the 'Shameful' COP29 Climate Talks [column]
African Arguments
A panel of African experts, negotiators, and activists give their verdict on the just-concluded climate talks in Baku. Read more »
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Africa: Climate Investment Funds Capital Markets Mechanism Announces Bond Listing On LSE to Boost Climate Finance for Africa
African Development Bank (AfDB)
The Climate Investment Funds Capital Markets Mechanism (CCMM) has announced its bond listing programme on the London Stock Exchange, a move that will help to raise new climate… Read more »
Mozambique: Solar Dryers Transform Mozambique's Fisheries
allAfrica
A project to provide fishing communities with tools and knowledge to dry fish has changed lives. Read more »
Nigeria: MDC 2024 - Experts Discuss Ways to Address Climate Change, Food Insecurity in Nigeria
Premium Times
"Flooding has been in town for 10 years. It's now becoming an annual crisis, destroying farms and food supplies." Read more »
Africa: South Africa Remains Committed to Ozone Protection and Climate Action
SAnews.gov.za
South Africa recently participated in the 36th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (MOP 36) in Bangkok, Thailand. Read more »
Africa: COP29 - Finance Target Is a Blueprint for Inequalities and Violations [press release]
AI London
The derisory new climate finance target agreed at the close of COP29 in Azerbaijan will put the human rights of billions of people at risk and perpetuate global inequalities,… Read more »
Africa: COP29 Verdict - Climate Summits Must Turn Over a New Leaf
Global Witness
Once again, fossil fuels muscled in to the world's most important climate negotiation, sidelining critical issues about people and the future of our planet Read more »
Africa: My Experience As a Young Leader At the UN Climate Conference
UNDP
Attending the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan was an exhilarating experience for me as a young leader. I had the opportunity to witness firsthand the… Read more »
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Africa: Bank's Ten-Year Strategy (2024-2033) Hailed As Essential Tool for Combating Climate Change and Protecting Biodiversity
African Development Bank (AfDB)
The World Bank Group, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and other stakeholders have hailed the African Development Bank's Ten-Year Strategy (2024-2033), adopted last May, as an… Read more »
Africa: Solarbox Africa Secures $1m Pre-Seed for Electric Mobility Expansion
Daba Finance
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Nigeria: Nimet Forecasts Three-Day Sunshine, Dust Haze
Premium Times
NiMet predicted light rains over parts of Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Cross River and Akwa Ibom States. Read more »
South Africa: Flood Victims Not Welcome, Say Residents
GroundUp
City of Tshwane promises they will be relocated Read more »
South Africa: SA Welcomes U.S.$300 Billion Commitment for Climate Finance
SAnews.gov.za
Government has welcomed the new finance deal of US$300 billion per year by 2035 - which was committed by high-income economies, to finance climate action for developing economies. Read more »
November 24
Africa: Greenpeace, WWF, Break Free From Plastic Deliver Almost 3 Million Signatures Demanding Strong Global Plastics Treaty
Greenpeace
A petition signed by almost three million people [1] from over 182 countries including African countries, calling for a historic, legally binding, Global Plastics Treaty to… Read more »
Morocco: Valencia Floods - Morocco's Solidarity With Spain Reflects Spirit of Bilateral Cooperation - Benyaich
MAP
Morocco's ambassador to Spain, Karima Benyaich, emphasized on Friday in Valencia that the Kingdom's solidarity with Spain in the wake of the recent flooding reflects the spirit of… Read more »
Africa: Can Pay, Won't Pay - COP29 Outcome Far From Promised Historic Deal of a Lifetime
IPS
They say it is taboo to talk about money. But this is exactly what developing countries came for: to haggle and push for the climate finance deal of a lifetime, as the climate… Read more »
