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Africa: COP28 Climate 'Loss and Damage' Fund a Big Win for Uganda - WWF
Nile Post, 2 December 2023
The World Wildlife Fund(WWF) Uganda has welcomed the creation of a fund to help compensate countries struggling to cope with loss and damage caused by climate change during the… Read more »
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Kenya: The Loss and Damage Fund Must Work for the Most Vulnerable
Capital FM, 1 December 2023
Dec 1 - the world convenes in Dubai for COP28, developing countries will be looking out for opportunities to massively scale up action against the "loss and damage" arising from… Read more »
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Africa: Loss and Damage Q&A - What's At Stake for Africa At COP28?
African Arguments, 27 November 2023
Why is the Loss and Damage fund so important for Africa and what will likely come out of the negotiations at COP28? Read more »
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Africa: Catalyzing Momentum for Health Negotiations at COP28
allAfrica, 2 December 2023
By now, there is no doubt that the climate crisis is a significant health crisis affecting people across the globe. This might be obvious to some but to others,… Read more »
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Africa: COP28 - What Should Be Africa's Agenda?
New Times, 27 November 2023
With just a week to the UN Climate Summit (COP28) in Dubai, Power Shift Africa has published a report titled Africa's Agenda for COP28. Read more »
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Africa: Africa Urges a Spotlight On Climate Finance As the World Heads to COP28
African Development Bank (AfDB), 28 November 2023
The African Development Bank will mobilize financing for climate action at this year's UN Climate Change Conference, COP28, and amplify Africa's calls for robust commitments by… Read more »
COP28 - Loss and Damage Fund to Aid Nations Hit By Climate Crisis
On the opening day of the UN COP28 Climate Summit underway in Dubai from November 30 to December 12, 2023, the Loss and Damage fund was established, with wealthy nations agreeing to provide financial assistance to help compensate countries struggling with loss and damage, caused by climate change.
Several nations - including hosts United Arab Emirates and Germany, each committed to donating U.S.$100 million to the fund. Uganda is one of the first of seven nations to benefit from the fund.
Africa is especially vulnerable to loss, damage and suffering. Severe drought and flooding has led to hundreds of deaths, tens of thousands of displacements, and devastated economies in southern Africa at the start of 2023, Hyacinthe Niyitegeka, coordinator of the Loss and Damage Collaboration told African Arguments.
Heavy rainfall and floods from Nigeria to the DR Congo, to South Africa, have swept away infrastructure, destroyed livelihoods, and ended lives. Other aspects are primarily non-economic - such as loss of lives, biodiversity, cultural heritage, indigenous knowledge and language, and damage to ecosystems, soil quality, health, and mental health.
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In March 2023, more than 600 people died in Malawi after Tropical Cyclone Freddy dumped heavy rain, flooding the southern part of the country, displacing over half a million Read more »
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What hope is there of a favourable outcome for African countries at COP28? This as already low expectations have dwindled even further, for a COP hosted by the United Arab ... Read more »
Residents wade through a flooded residential area in Rwanda (file photo).
