British International Investment (BII), the UK’s development finance institution, is set to unveil a range of new investments and partnerships at the ongoing COP29 climate summit in Baku. These initiatives aim to address the climate finance gap by attracting private capital to support projects in developing economies. Key announcements from BII this week will include a groundbreaking investment in India’s
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The 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP29, commenced in Baku on Monday, placing an urgent focus on securing new climate finance commitments for developing nations amid escalating global challenges. Delegates from nearly 200 countries have gathered in Azerbaijan’s capital for the two-week summit, where negotiators aim to increase the current $100 billion annual climate finance target for low-income countries
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As the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) opens in Baku, today African nations are converging with a unified voice, pushing for transformative change on climate finance and energy transition. For a continent disproportionately impacted by climate change despite contributing less than 4% of global greenhouse gas emissions, the stakes are high. Leaders from Africa aim to secure stronger
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The African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN) has renewed its call for transparency and adherence to established rules and procedures within the climate negotiation process as the world prepares for the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP 29) in Azerbaijan starting tomorrow. During a recent meeting with the UN Climate Executive Secretary, Simon Stiell, the AGN Chair, Ali
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As the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) opens in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Monday, Leaders from ActionAid International are urging wealthy nations to deliver on their financial commitments to help vulnerable countries tackle the escalating climate crisis. They emphasized that frontline nations, which have contributed the least to global emissions, are disproportionately bearing the costs of climate impacts and
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As Azerbaijan prepares to host the 29th Conference of the Parties (COP29) on climate, the world turns its gaze to this unique country where Jews, Muslims, and Christians live side by side in harmony a powerful example of coexistence that many find extraordinary, especially in a region surrounded by political and religious tension Azerbaijan is a nation where more than
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In a rare weather phenomenon attributed to shifting climate patterns, Saudi Arabia’s Al-Jawf region recently experienced its first recorded snowfall. The usually arid desert was transformed into a winter spectacle, following intense rainfall and hailstorms that swept across the Kingdom. Images and videos of the snow-draped landscape have captivated social media, with many awed by the unusual transformation. The Saudi
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As climate impacts escalate, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has sounded the alarm in its latest Adaptation Gap Report 2024, highlighting the urgent need for enhanced adaptation measures to protect vulnerable populations from climate-related disasters. The report, titled Come Hell and High Water, calls on nations to take decisive action on adaptation financing at COP29, which kicks off next
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The UN humanitarian agencies have said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) incident manager
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As part of it’s aim at cutting down greenhouse gases and replacing it with cleaner sources of energy, the governor of Lagos State South West Nigeria Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the arrival
Adetokunbo Abiola Methane continued its upwards emissions spiral, as it recorded its fourth highest annual increase in 2022, rising by 14 parts per billion to 1,911.9 ppb in the past year, faster
The value of Nigerian soya beans in the global market has reached N462.2 billion ($ 1.18 billion) due to huge production which has led to the exportation of the according to recent
A new report from the UN Climate Change shows that countries are bending the curve of global greenhouse gas emissions downward but underlines that these efforts remain insufficient to limit global temperature
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