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Africa: Louder Global Calls for Leaving Fossil Fuels Behind #AfricaClimateCrisis
allAfrica, 29 October 2021
Activists from from across all regions of the planet are making themselves heard by calling for an end to the use of fossil fuels, as the COP26 climate talks are set to start in… Read more »
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Africa: The Carbon-Burning Model of Development is a Dead End - UN Secretary-General #AfricaClimateCrisis
allAfrica, 22 October 2021
As the build-up and the stakes for the global climate talks intensify, the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has once again called for serious and solid… Read more »
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Southern Africa: Climate Change Has Already Hit Southern Africa. Here's How We Know
The Conversation Africa, 24 October 2021
Many people still think of climate change as a phenomenon that we will only face in the distant future. Perhaps that's partly because climate change projections about rising… Read more »
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South Africa: Climate Report Highlights Urgency of Coal Phase-Out #AfricaClimateCrisis
UCT, 19 October 2021
Although the climate crisis has become an increasingly important point on the agendas of both G20 leaders and their finance ministers, there is an overall failure to align… Read more »
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Kenya: 'Giving Life to Dying Land' - Solar Water Pumps Quench Thirsty Farms
Thomson Reuters Foundation, 19 October 2021
Kenya's farmers have built sand dams to hold onto scarce river water - but solar-power water pumps are making access hugely easier Read more »
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Nigeria: FG Committed to Restoration of Ecosystem, Says Minister #AfricaClimateCrisis
This Day, 20 October 2021
The federal government has expressed its commitment to finding lasting solutions to the restoration and sustainance of the nation's ecosystem. Read more »
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Kenya: Safaricom Recognized for Net Zero Efforts in the East African Climate Action Awards
Capital FM, 20 October 2021
Safaricom has received honorary recognition from the IGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre (ICPAC) East African Climate Action Awards. The telco was recognised for having… Read more »
Fossil Fuel Based Development Must End #AfricaClimateCrisis
Activists from from across all regions of the planet are making themselves heard by calling for an end to the use of fossil fuels, as the COP26 climate talks are set to start in Glasgow, Scotland this weekend.
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Mozambique has received U.S.$6.4 million through the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF), making it the first country to receive payments from a World Bank trust fund ... Read more »
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Outdoor space is what most people have been craving during the Covid-19 pandemic, when a series of lockdowns across the world forced countless people indoors. And these enforced ... Read more »
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Water. Where we get it, how much it costs, and its quality are inescapable questions, the answers to which are crucial for life on earth. And as our climate changes due to the ... Read more »
Kaloki Mutwota pumps harvested water from a pond using a solar pump, in Makueni County, Kenya, August 2, 2021.
