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COP30: African group rejects $125bn Tropical Forest Forever Facility

At the ongoing United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30) in Belem, Brazil, the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay (MBPP) Coalition has rejected the newly launched Tropical...
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COP29: African negotiators reluctantly welcome climate finance deal

In the early hours of Sunday, November 24, 2024, two days after scheduled closure of COP29, Parties finally agreed the New Collective Quantified Goal...
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Minamata Convention COP5 commences as Africa Group amendment proposal gets support

The Fifth Conference of the Parties (COP5) to the Minamata Convention on Mercury commenced on Monday October 30, 2023, in Geneva, Switzerland. Primed to...
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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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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...
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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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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on...
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Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

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