November 04
Seychelles: COP16 CBD - Seychelles Cautious About Biodiversity Credits, More Analysis Needed
Seychelles News Agency
Citing the need to exercise caution, the Seychelles' Minister for Agriculture, Climate Change and Environment, Flavien Joubert, described financing as a tool to forward the common… Read more »
South Africa: Coastal Communities and Eco-Justice Groups' Offshore Drilling Appeal Highlights Threats to Livelihoods, Marine Ecosystems, and Climate Goals
The Green Connection
With COP29 just a few weeks away, The Green Connection, Natural Justice, and Masifundise Development Trust are drawing attention to the widespread opposition of the… Read more »
Africa: COP29 - What You Need to Know About the Global Climate Summit [press release]
AI London
The 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) opens next week in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. The summit takes place between 11 and 22 November, and decisions made… Read more »
Africa: Richer Countries Must Commit to Pay At COP29 As Climate Change Forcibly Displaces Millions Across Africa
AI London
With millions of people already displaced by climate change disasters in Africa, the richer countries most responsible for global warming must agree at the COP29 climate conference… Read more »
Nigeria: Flood Displaces Thousands in Bayelsa Communities
Daily Trust
Severe flooding has displaced thousands of residents in Biseni Kingdom, Yenagoa Local Government Area, Bayelsa State, submerging homes, schools, healthcare facilities, places of… Read more »
Nigeria: Flood Wreaks Havoc, Sacks Several Bayelsa Communities
Vanguard
thousands of people from Bayelsa communities have been displaced from their homes by flood. Read more »
Liberia: Stakeholders Call for Agroecology Investment and Climate Financing Framework At National Summit
Liberian Investigator
Several national policymakers, institutions from both private and public sectors, the media, and international stakeholders issued a communiqué urging increased investment… Read more »
November 03
Uganda: Lightning Kills 14 in Refugee Camp
Nile Post
Tragedy has befallen after lightning struck a church and killed 14 people during prayers. Read more »
South Africa: Four People Killed in Devastating Limpopo Hailstorm
Daily Maverick
Two children who drowned in an open pit toilet and two elderly residents killed by falling debris were buried at the weekend after a heavy storm in Limpopo. Read more »
Africa: AI Can Help Develop Climate-Resistant Crops for Africa - but It Shouldn't Be Left in the Hands of Corporates [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
How we use land and feed a growing global population, and the burden we place on natural habitats in pursuit of nutrition, will again take centre stage at the annual global climate… Read more »
Africa: COP16 Delivers On Indigenous Peoples, Digital Sequencing, but Fails On Finance
IPS
The curtains fell on the 16th Conference of the Parties of UN Biodiversity (COP16) on Sunday without any formal closing. In a voice message, David Ainsworth, the Communications… Read more »
November 02
Egypt: World Urban Forum - the Search for Solutions to the Global Housing Crisis Moves to Cairo
UN News
As the world's population moves inexorably and rapidly to ever larger cities, how can we make sure that urban environments are sustainable and safe for their citizens? These… Read more »
Nigeria: Nimet Predicts 3-Day Sunshine, Cloudiness From Sunday
Vanguard
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted sunshine and cloudiness from Sunday to Tuesday across the country. Read more »
November 01
Africa: Climate Emergency Risks Worsening Aids Epidemic, UN Warns At COP29
UNAIDS
Countries facing "triple funding crisis" of insufficient climate finance, insufficient HIV funding, and crippling debt Read more »
South Africa: Knife-Edge November - Teetering On the Climate Abyss
IPS
Standing high on the vertiginous edge of the future and looking down into a volcanic seething of approaching doom, it is a totally understandable desire to want to close your eyes,… Read more »
South Africa: COP16 - Will Humanity Live in Harmony With Nature? the Stakes Have Never Been Higher
GroundUp
The 16th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity was held in South America this past fortnight Read more »
October 31
Africa: Colombia Hosts COP16 On Biodiversity and Condemns Capitalist Devastation
People's Dispatch
The international UN conference on biodiversity attempts to achieve key agreements, and fulfill prior ones, for the protection and conservation of the earth. Read more »
Africa: €635.5 Million Package to Drive Growth, Strengthen Climate and Social Resilience
World Bank
The World Bank today approved a €635.5 million International Development Association (IDA)* financing package to support the Government of Benin's efforts to strengthen… Read more »
Africa: African Health Ministers, Delegates Adopt Declaration On Climate Change and Health
WHO-AFRO
Health ministers and delegates from 20 African countries today adopted a landmark declaration to enhance climate resilience within health systems and address the profound health… Read more »
Africa: Defending Biodiversity in Armed Conflict - Can COP16 Meet the Expectations?
IPS
José Aruna, a forest defender from Sud Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), remembers the night in September 2019 when a group of heavily armed men… Read more »
Africa: Building a Resilient Africa Through Disaster Risk Reduction, Preparedness [interview]
Africa Renewal
UNDRR leading in collaborative efforts to enhance countries' early warning systems Read more »
Africa: Ministers from Global South Come Together to Call for Urgent Action on Nature Finance at COP16 [press release]
Nature Finance Alliance
The Ministerial Alliance for Ambition on Nature Finance (MAANF) has today shared a statement signed by 20 Ministers of Environment from the Global South, 'Seeking Accountability on… Read more »
Liberia: Liberia Hosts First Ever-Climate Justice Conference
Liberian Observer
In a groundbreaking assembly, Liberia held its first-ever Climate Justice Summit, gathering development partners, financial sector representatives, climate justice advocates, and… Read more »
Africa: Ministerial Statement Seeking Accountability on Ambition for Nature Finance [document]
Nature Finance Alliance
Over the last year, countries from the Global South have come together to launch the Ministerial Alliance for Ambition for Nature Finance (‘the Alliance’).… Read more »
Nigeria: House Summons Environment Ministry, Nema, Nihsa Over Flood Preparedness
This Day
The House of Representatives has summoned the Federal Ministry of Environment, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), and the Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) to… Read more »
