Monthly Archives: September, 2023

Health

Stakeholders decry Nairobi Declaration’s failure to address health impacts of climate crisis

Stakeholders in the health sector have raised concerns with the Nairobi Declaration document coming out of the inaugural Africa Climate Summit over its failure...
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Climate Change

Report dismisses Africa’s carbon markets scheme as ‘wolf in sheep’s clothing’

As the African Climate Summit held from September 4 to 6, 2023, in Nairobi, Kenya, a new report by climate think tank Power Shift...
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Climate Change

Groups call for deal for swift, equitable phase out of fossil fuel

Riding the wave of political momentum around the call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, two influential change agents whose climate-focused events are taking...
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Climate Change

Mixed reactions from activists as Africa Climate Summit ends

The first Africa Climate Summit drew to a close on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, marked by the release of the African Leaders Nairobi Declaration...
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Climate Change

AfDB unveils new initiative to cushion farmers from climate change effects

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has unveiled the Africa Climate Risk Insurance Facility for Adaptation (ACRIFA), an initiative aimed at insulating countries against catastrophic...
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Climate Change

Africa to sustain economic future by tackling climate change – Minister

Minister of State for Environment and Ecological Management, Dr Iziaq Salako, has said that Africa is determined to deliver a sustainable economic future for...
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Gender

The world is failing girls and women, says UN report

Despite global efforts, the world is falling short of achieving gender equality. This year's edition of the UN Women and UN DESA "Progress on the...
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Climate Change

Nairobi Declaration a far cry from Just Energy Transition – FoE Africa

Friends of the Earth Africa joined leaders and comrades from across the continent and the world for the inaugural Africa Climate Summit (ACS) in...
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Climate Change

A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on land could be exposed to multiple types of climate-driven extreme...
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Climate Change

Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have called for African-led solutions to climate change, as its impacts...
Human Welfare

Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 countries – Report 

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises on Friday, April 24, revealed that two-thirds of all people facing high...

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Climate Change

A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on...
Climate Change

Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have...