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Almost 500 carbon capture advocates given access to COP29

At least 480 lobbyists for companies and groups that advocate for a misguided technology that prolongs fossil fuel use have gained access to the...

African negotiators receive ‘voices of thousands’ petition demanding urgent climate action

Greenpeace Africa on Saturday, November 16, 2024, delivered a petition signed by 10,000 people to the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) at COP29. The petition,...

COP29: Group picks holes in Switzerland’s updated climate action plan

The Swiss government on Friday, November 15, 2024, announced its updated 2021-2030 climate action plan, or Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC), which features a topline...

Report calls out damage from Global North’s refusal to pay up on climate finance, calls for system change

A global coalition of civil society organisations from social movements, environmental and development NGOs, trade unions and faith groups on Friday, November 15, 2024,...

IITC condemns COP29’s approval of carbon market as direct threat to Indigenous rights 

The International Indian Treaty Council (IITC) has condemned the November 11, 2024, decision by the 29th session of the Conference of the Parties to...

Kano vows to judiciously utilise funds appropriated for ecological remediation

The Kano State Government has vowed that funds appropriated for remediation of ecological impacted areas will be used judiciously. The State Commissioner of Environment and...

COP29: Rich nations must double climate funding from taxes by 2030 – Experts

Wealthy countries must more than double the amount of climate finance paid from taxpayers’ money annually by 2030, UN-appointed experts said. The Independent High-Level Expert...

Africa grapples with forecasting challenge as weather disasters loom

Deputy Director of Chad’s National Meteorological Agency, Hamid Abakar Souleymane, waggled his finger up and down to demonstrate how a motionless humidity gauge at...

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BAN Toxics stands firm for strong Plastics Treaty as INC-5.2 talks end in deadlock

As the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5.2) for the Global Plastics Treaty...
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COP30: Why Africa’s NDCs must align with LT-LEDS, devpt plans – SPP

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP) has released a scoping paper titled “On the Road to COP30 and...

Protecting harvests from hidden threats: A decade of NemAfrica’s work for farmers

Nematologist and co-lead of NemAfrica at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr. Danny Coyne, shares reflections on...

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BAN Toxics stands firm for strong Plastics Treaty as INC-5.2 talks end in deadlock

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COP30: Why Africa’s NDCs must align with LT-LEDS, devpt plans – SPP

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