Africa attracted about five percent of development funding and less than four percent of philanthropy funding to fight air pollution between 2015 – 2020 according to the 2021 report. Most sub-Saharan African countries are highly in debt. The 2022 international debt crisis report shows that sub-Saharan Africa’s debt rose from $665 Billion in 2019 to 702B. With most of the funding is in the form of loans, how can governments fund monitoring and curbing air pollution without getting their nations deeper into debt?
It is time Africa rethinks air pollution funding.
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AFRICA CLIMATE CONVERSATIONS
Telling the Climate and Environment Story from an African Perspective
At the Africa Climate Conversation (ACC), we believe Africa cannot develop while leaving its media behind. At the same time, the continent must tell its own stories and shape its own narratives for itself and future generations.
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You had better
1) use the original river sizes If you need it to be sustainable.
2) ensure no one grabs those lands after. 3) ensure to continue even after the rains.
4) remember, over time water will push people back and re-occupy. Nature has no shortcuts whatsoever.
🛰️ Friday’s 3rd May, 2024 satellite imagery, from late afternoon to evening, reveals evolving weather patterns, leading to widespread rainfall in regions marked blue, yellow, and reddish-brown.
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