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Africa: Africa Sets Demands for Post-2015 Climate Agreement
IPS, 10 December 2014
The post-2015 global climate change agreement should be flexible and fully resourced or else condemn Africa to another cycle of poverty resulting from the adverse effects of… Read more »
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Africa: 'Only By Acting Together' Will World Transform Climate Challenge Into Opportunity - Ban
UN News, 10 December 2014
Only by acting together will world leaders transform the climate challenge into an opportunity to fundamentally rethink how we grow our economies and create a safer, healthier,… Read more »
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Africa: UN Launches New Coalition Tasked With Promoting Renewable Energy
UN News, 10 December 2014
The launch of a new coalition spearheaded by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and focused on boosting renewable energy usage around the world was announced today as… Read more »
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Africa: 'The More We Delay, the More We Will Pay,' UN Chief Urges Action On Climate At Lima Forum
UN News, 11 December 2014
The more action that is taken today on climate change, the more likely countries will push for stronger agreements tomorrow, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told a… Read more »
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Africa: Protecting Mangroves Can Lower Disaster Risks, Offer Cash - Experts
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 11 December 2014
Better protecting the world's fast-disappearing mangroves could have big economic, social and environmental benefits, experts said at the U.N. climate talks in Lima this week. Read more »
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Africa: Climate Change Adaptation Costs Likely to Hit 2-3 Times Current Estimates
UNEP, 5 December 2014
UNEP's Adaptation Gap Report: New Finance Required to Avoid Significant Adaptation Funding Shortfall After 2020, Failure to Cut Emissions Will Dramatically Increase Costs Read more »
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Africa: Adaptation Measures Key to Averting Impacts of Climate Change Disasters in Africa
UNEP, 8 December 2014
The workshop on enhancing the Horn of Africa Adaptive and Responsive Capacity to Climate Change Impacts was set against the backdrop of recent severe droughts in the Sahel in 2012,… Read more »
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Africa: Full Economic Potential of Carbon-Rich Mangroves Remains Untapped, Finds New UN Report
UNEP, 9 December 2014
Estimated Worth of Climate Benefits from Central African Mangroves up to US$66 billion. And New Satellite Technology Could Help Monitor Mangrove Restoration. Read more »
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Namibia: Media Urged to Educate Public On Climate Change
Namibian, 11 December 2014
A TANZANIAN Professor in intellectual property rights and environmental law has called on Namibian journalists to educate people who are highly vulnerable to impacts of climate… Read more »