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Africa: Pay Now for Climate Action to Keep Costs Down Later, Governments Told
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 30 November 2018
Governments can no longer hide from the devastating consequences of wild weather and rising seas, and must dig deeper into their pockets to curb and repair the damage, developing… Read more »
Africa Looks for Progress at COP24 Climate Talks
African countries have been at the climate-change negotiating table for more than 20 years. The continent faces some of the most severe impacts of climate change, but questions remain over its adaptive capacity despite this engagement, writes Robert Muthami for IPS.
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Africa: African Countries Deserve an Enhanced Climate Ambition
IPS, 4 December 2018
African countries have been at the climate-change negotiating table for more than 20 years. The continent faces some of the most severe impacts of climate change, but questions… Read more »
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Africa: Developing Nations Say Swifter Climate Action Depends On Cash to Pay for It
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 6 December 2018
Developing countries with fewer resources to cut carbon emissions and adapt to climate change cannot step up their efforts to combat global warming unless they get more support in… Read more »
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Africa: Climate Action Should Be a Global Priority for World Leaders
IPS, 4 December 2018
The IPCC report says that it is not impossible to limit climate change to 1.5͒C? Do you think we can realistically achieve that? Politically, what needs to happen? Read more »
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Africa: Call for a Win-Win Framework At COP24
IPS, 5 December 2018
An African delegation is in the Polish city of Katowice to join 30,000 delegates and thousands others from almost 200 countries attending the 4th edition of what has come to be… Read more »
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Cameroon: Climate Change - World Bank Offers Over 115,000 Billion Fcf
Cameroon Tribune, 4 December 2018
A significant portion of the funding for the period 2021-2025 is for adaptation and resilience. Read more »
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Cameroon: Climate Change - Cop24 Discusses Paris Agreement
Cameroon Tribune, 4 December 2018
The 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is holding in Poland from December 2-14, 2018. Read more »
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Africa: COP24 - Africans Expect Real Action On Climate Change
DW, 1 December 2018
If climate change and global warning continue unabated, then Africa's future does not look bright. Experts warn that participants at the COP24 conference in Poland have to deliver… Read more »
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Africa: Here's Why There Will Be Few Protests At the UN Climate Talks
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 2 December 2018
The Polish government has banned spontaneous assemblies outside the talks - just as they are needed most Read more »
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Africa: UN Chief Urges Leaders to Inject Momentum At 2019 Climate Summit
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 4 December 2018
The U.N. secretary-general on Tuesday urged world leaders to use a climate change summit he will host in 2019 to explain how they plan to ratchet up their efforts to reverse… Read more »
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Africa: COP24 to Focus On Carbon Neutrality, Gender Equality - UN
Premium Times, 3 December 2018
The two-week 24th Conference of the Parties (COP24) of the United Nations Framework Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC), which started on Sunday in Katowice, Poland, will focus on… Read more »
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