Energy Shift: How can Africa ensure a just transition?
A Just transition is about ensuring that no one is left behind or pushed behind in the transition to low-carbon. Hence, today on the Financing change in Africa series...
A Just transition is about ensuring that no one is left behind or pushed behind in the transition to low-carbon. Hence, today on the Financing change in Africa series...
by Sophie Mbugua,Baku, Azerbaijan: Developing countries at the ongoing 29th UN Climate Summit (COP29) taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan say they need an ambitious New Collective Quantified Goal on Finance (NCQG) of at least USD 1.3 trillion per year. They have called on the...
Clear frameworks for community benefit sharing in the mining and renewable energy sectors are essential. However, Manson Gwanyanya, the researcher and representative for South and Anglophone Africa at the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, told the African Climate Conversations podcast that implementing these...
Weather information is critical for communities, industries, and development sectors to adapt to climate change. Despite the severity and frequency of extreme weather events, there are significant gaps in weather observations and early warning services in Africa. However, on today’s episode, Dr. Abubakr Salih...
Our children are the next generation. We, as humans, pass on our legacy to them, whether good or bad. Environmental skills helps children understand the importance of preserving our natural resources and provides them with the tools to become responsible environmental stewards. Hence, teaching...
This week, I was visiting a town in Makueni County, located in the southeastern part of Kenya. About an hour’s drive from Makueni’s capital town Wote, I met a 70-year-old lady who, after a severe three-year drought hit the village, learned how to weave...
African nations are blessed with 30 percent of the world’s critical minerals. Minerals that the world needs to develop solar panels, wind turbines, renewable energy storage, electric vehicles, defence infrastructures, communication infrastructure, digital economy and many more. However, past mining activities since colonial era...
Environmental Journalist and media consultant based in Nairobi,
Kenya.
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COP29: USD1.3 climate finance for poor countries, but is it enough?