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COP25 begins with calls for serious progress on climate action

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) holding in Madrid, Spain kicked off on Monday, December 2, 2019, with urgent calls to make serious progress on climate...

Africa demands special considerations at COP25

African civil society organisations are pressing for a decision at the UN Climate Change Summit (COP25) taking place in Madrid, Spain that recognises the special circumstances...

COP25: Groups reject carbon markets, clamour ‘real solutions’

As the 25th Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) began on Monday, December 2,...

Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan meet over disputed Nile dam

Egypt is hosting a new round of talks with Ethiopia and Sudan on a disputed dam built by Ethiopia on the Nile, as part of an...

Satellites show 2019 Indonesia fires burned 1.6m hectares of land

A new analysis of satellite data dispels the prevailing view that rainforests took the biggest hit from widespread fires in Indonesia in 2019. “While there has been much speculation...

Benin, Lesotho get nearly $1m to support access to climate finance

The Africa Climate Change Fund (ACCF) has approved a project proposal for a total of $997,524 to support Benin and Lesotho to access international climate finance, an initiative...

Nigeria battling growing obesity numbers

Obesity – a condition that is tied to heart disease, Type 2 diabetes, and some types of cancer – used to be an issue affecting mainly...

Bayelsa community flays oil spill compensation

Members of Aghoro 1 community, Ekeremor Local Government Area in Bayelsa State on Friday, November 29, 2019 expressed dissatisfaction over the compensation that Shell Petroleum Development...

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New report reveals Pacific leadership on climate ahead of NDC 3.0 deadline

A new publication by the UN Climate Change Regional Collaboration Centre for...

Spain, Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich, curb inequality

Spain and Brazil on July 1, 2025, launched a...
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