November 16, 2022
Africa: COP27 - Protecting Biodiversity Is Protecting the Paris Agreement
While for many years the climate crisis and the biodiversity crisis have been treated as separate issues, the reality - as highlighted on Wednesday at COP27- is that there is no… Read more »
November 20, 2022
Africa: COP27 Closes With Deal On Loss and Damage - 'A Step Towards Justice', Says UN Chief #AfricaClimateCrisis
After days of intense negotiations that stretched into early Sunday morning in Sharm el-Sheikh, countries at the UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, reached agreement on… Read more »
November 15, 2022
Africa: Unicef Launches New Child-Focused Climate Initiative to Head Off Disasters #AfricaClimateCrisis
The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Wednesday launched a new climate financing initiative designed to help countries address current and growing impacts of the climate crisis, and… Read more »
November 12, 2022
Africa: Sustainable Food Cold Chains Reduce Waste, Fight Climate Change - UN Report
Greater investment in sustainable food cold chains is needed to reduce hunger, provide livelihoods to communities, and adapt to climate change, two UN agencies said in a report… Read more »
Africa: Adapt or Starve - COP27 Spotlights Agriculture Challenges and Solutions in the Face of Climate Change
Small-scale farmers from developing countries produce one-third of the world's food, yet they only receive 1.7 per cent of climate finance even as they are forced to cope with… Read more »
November 11, 2022
Africa: 'Fossil Fuels Are a Dead End', Says Top UN Climate Adviser On 'Decarbonization Day' At COP27
Negotiations, sharing solutions aimed at curbing emissions by the world's biggest-polluting industries, as well as continued calls for climate justice and finance for hard-hit… Read more »
November 09, 2022
Africa: Young People Reconsidering Parenthood Due to Climate Change, UNICEF Poll Reveals
Climate change is forcing nearly half of young Africans to rethink their plans to have children someday, a global poll conducted by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has revealed,… Read more »
Africa: '10 Gigatonne' Emissions Boom Leaves Construction 'Off Track' for Decarbonization By 2050
The global building and construction boom has pushed the sector's CO2 emissions to an all-time high of 10 gigatonnes, meaning that it is now "off track" to meet decarbonization… Read more »
Africa: Dirty Fossil Fuel Investments and a New AI Inventory of Global Emissions in the Spotlight During 'Finance Day' At COP27
The first of the 'thematic' days kicked off on Wednesday at COP27, focused on finance, and activists made it clear right from the start that there must be a global push to… Read more »
November 08, 2022
Africa: Developing Countries At COP27 Call for 'Climate Justice' in the Form of Adaptation and Loss and Damage Funds
The second day of COP27's Climate Implementation Summit saw world leaders raise their voices for concrete action, particularly on adaptation and the thorny issue of loss and… Read more »
Africa: Over 27 Million Children At Risk From Devastating Record-Setting Floods
Overwhelming flooding has affected at least 27.7 million children across 27 countries worldwide, with the number of children affected by flooding in Chad, Gambia, Pakistan and… Read more »
Africa: COP27 - 'Zero Tolerance for Greenwashing', Guterres Says As New Report Cracks Down On Empty Net-Zero Pledges
While a growing number of governments and non-State actors are pledging to be carbon-free, the criteria for net-zero commitments can have loopholes wide enough to "drive a diesel… Read more »
November 07, 2022
Africa: COP27 - $3.1 Billion Plan to Achieve Early Warning Systems for All By 2027
With climate-related disasters displacing more people than conflict, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday unveiled the details of his plan to ensure everyone on… Read more »
Africa: UN Chief Urges Tax On Oil Companies to Finance Loss and Damage
At the opening of the two-day Climate Implementation Summit at COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, António Guterres called for a historic pact between rich and developing… Read more »
November 06, 2022
Africa: New UN Weather Report 'A Chronicle of Chaos' - UN Chief
The latest report from the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO), released on Sunday, shows that the last eight years have been the warmest on record, fuelled by ever-rising… Read more »
November 04, 2022
Africa: Climate Change Much Deadlier Than Cancer in Some Places, UNDP Data Shows
The impact of climate change on health if carbon emissions remain high, could be up to twice as deadly as cancer in some parts of the world, according to new data released on… Read more »
November 06, 2022
Africa: COP27 Begins a 'New Era to Do Things Differently', UN Climate Change Chief Declares As Pivotal Conference Gets Under Way
The UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, should shift the world towards implementation of previously agreed plans to tackle humanity's greatest challenge, Simon… Read more »
November 03, 2022
Africa: Iconic World Heritage Glaciers to Disappear By 2050, Warns UNESCO
Some of the world's most iconic glaciers are set to disappear by 2050, according to a new study by UNESCO, which highlights the accelerated melting of glaciers in World Heritage… Read more »
Africa: More Funding Needed for Climate Adaptation, As Risks Mount - UN Report
Countries must urgently ramp up action to adapt to the current and future impacts of climate change, as efforts now are too little and too slow, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)… Read more »
November 02, 2022
Africa: UN Refugee Chief Calls for Greater Focus On Climate and Conflict Factors
Responses to climate change must also consider its link to both conflict and the displacement it causes, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said in a briefing to… Read more »
Africa: Human Rights Belong At the Heart of Climate Change Debate, Urges Türk
Humanity's basic right to life is being threatened by insufficient action in the face of the climate emergency, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk warned on… Read more »
October 28, 2022
Africa: Millions Face Flooding Threat Across West and Central Africa
In west and central Africa, some 3.4 million people need help after destructive flooding, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Friday. Read more »
Africa: COP27 - What You Need to Know About This Year's Big UN Climate Conference
This year's UN Climate Conference takes place in Sharm el-Sheikh, against a backdrop of extreme weather events worldwide, an energy crisis propelled by the war in Ukraine, and… Read more »
October 25, 2022
Africa: Heatwaves to Impact Almost Every Child On Earth By 2050 - UNICEF Report
Heatwaves have become an unavoidable health hazard for many nations, but new data indicates that they are set toaffect virtually every child on earth by 2050, the UN Children's… Read more »
October 26, 2022
Africa: Climate Change - C02 and Methane in Our Atmosphere Reach Record Levels #AfricaClimateCrisis
Atmospheric levels of the three main greenhouse gases warming our planet - carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide- all reached new record highs in 2021, according to a new… Read more »