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Climate Change

AfDB commits $12.5bn to climate finance

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has committed an additional $12.5 billion to climate finance between 2020 to 2025 in Africa. President of the AfDB, Dr...

Michael Simire - January 25, 2021

Climate Change

IPCC advances work on final product of upcoming assessment report

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) opened a week-long virtual meeting of experts on Monday, January 25, 2021 to advance preparations of the...

Michael Simire - January 25, 2021

Climate Change

ECB boss, Lagarde, boosts efforts to include climate change in ECB policy

European Central Bank (ECB) chief, Christine Lagarde, on Monday, January 25, 2021 stepped up the bank’s efforts to play a more prominent role in...

Michael Simire - January 25, 2021

Climate Change

At Global Adaptation Summit, leaders spur action to build resilience to climate change impacts

Leaders are set to galvanise action to build resilience to the inevitable impacts of climate change at an online global conference holding for two...

Michael Simire - January 24, 2021

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Lake Chad: All talk, no show

Lake Chad is located in the semi-arid region that stretches across the Southern edge of the Sahara Desert. The people are impoverished, and predominantly...

Michael Simire - January 24, 2021

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What we expect from Biden and Harris, by activists, scholars

Some 52 international activists and scholars including Nigeria’s Nnimmo Bassey in an open letter to US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris...

Michael Simire - January 20, 2021

Climate Change

Step up climate change adaptation or face serious consequences – UNEP

As temperatures rise and climate change impacts intensify, nations must urgently step-up action to adapt to the new climate reality or face serious costs,...

Michael Simire - January 14, 2021

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