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Africa: Continent's Civil Society Calls for Action As COP25 Kicks Off in Madrid
IPS, 2 December 2019
During the 25th round of climate change negotiations starting today in Madrid, Spain, African civil society organisations will call on governments from both developing and… Read more »
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Africa: Floods Predicted to Uproot 50 Million People a Year As Climate Heats Up
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 3 December 2019
Population growth, more intense rainfall and melting ice are likely to cause more frequent and severe floods Read more »
African Civil Society Wants Action At COP25 Climate Change Summit
During the 25th round of climate change negotiations in Madrid, Spain, African civil society organisations will call on governments to play their promised roles in fighting climate change. The 25th UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of Parties (COP25) comes a week after the organisation's Environment Programme warned that unless global greenhouse gas emissions fall by 7.6% each year between 2020 and 2030, the world will miss the opportunity to get on track towards the 1.5°C temperature goal of the Paris Agreement.
A wind farm on the outskirts of Nouakchott, the capital of Mauritania, is aimed at giving more people access to renewable energy sources.
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Even if countries meet commitments made under the 2015 Paris Agreement, the world is heading for a 3.2 degrees Celsius global temperature rise over pre-industrial levels, warns the ... Read more »
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Climate action needs to be seen as integral to growth strategies, writes Ricardo Lagos. The former President of Chile also believes that with more than 55% of the South African ... Read more »
