As the United Nations biodiversity conference kicks off today in Cali, Colombia, a new report by Wetlands International has revealed that wetlands feature prominently in most of the new national nature plans submitted by countries ahead of COP16. The report, titled Assessing the Inclusion of Wetlands in National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAPs), indicates that 83 percent of the
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The 16th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 16) officially opened today in Cali, Colombia, bringing together over 23,000 delegates from across the world. The summit is expected to mark a major milestone in the global effort to protect biodiversity and implement the ambitious Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), adopted during COP 15 in 2022.
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Oxfam International has revealed that up to $41 billion in World Bank climate finance remains unaccounted for due to poor record-keeping, raising serious concerns ahead of the upcoming COP 29 in Azerbaijan, dubbed the ‘Climate Finance COP.’ The report, published on Thursday, October 17, 2024, highlighted the discrepancies within the World Bank’s climate finance portfolio from 2017 to 2023, leaving
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In September 2024, over 130 world leaders convened in New York for what the United Nations has dubbed the most ambitious international agreement in years: the “Pact for the Future.” The wide-ranging 56-point agreement touches on multiple global challenges, with climate change taking center stage. While the pact promises to deliver where past agreements have struggled, many are asking whether
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More than 80% of countries have failed to submit their plans to meet a United Nations agreement aimed at halting the destruction of Earth’s ecosystems, a new analysis by Carbon Brief and the Guardian UK has revealed. The agreement struck nearly two years ago at the biodiversity COP15 in Montreal, Canada, included ambitious targets to protect 30% of the world’s
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As the world grapples with the escalating impacts of climate change, Africa remains one of the most vulnerable continents. Rising temperatures, shifting rainfall patterns, and extreme weather events are not just theoretical risks; they are already harsh realities for millions of people. These changes are threatening key sectors like agriculture, which employs over 60% of Africa’s population and forms the
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The next UN climate conference, COP29, is taking place a month today in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku. In a week marred by deadly flooding in eastern Europe and a “berserk” climate-fueled hurricane in the US, it is painfully evident that the climate crisis continues to escalate beyond our efforts to temper it. For a fortnight from 11 to 22 November,
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The Pre-COP29 conference, themed; “Enhance Ambition and Enable Action,” concluded on Friday at the Heydar Aliyev Center in Baku, Azerbaijan. The event laid the groundwork for the upcoming COP29 climate summit, with leaders underscoring the critical need for action on climate adaptation and finance to mitigate the devastating effects of global warming. In his opening address at the Climate and
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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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