climate

Representatives of 24 African countries are calling on developed countries to meet their financial commitments to help the continent adapt to climate change ahead of the UN World Climate Conference (COP27) scheduled to take place in Egypt…

Nigeria’s Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is proposing a Debt-for Climate (DFC) swap deal in a call that can at once significantly advance the course of global net-zero emissions targets, facilitate energy access and the…

The Pokuase motorway interchange in the Ghanaian capital Accra is the first of its kind in West Africa. Another major focus for this year's meeting in Accra was the rollout of a $25 billion (€23 billion) initiative called the Africa…

The leaders of the Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has agreed on a regional strategy to deal with global warming over the next 10 years. Members of the regional organisation, in agreement with the European Union, plan to spend…

Given the extreme vulnerability of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region to the impacts of climate change, addressing these impacts requires concerted action. Hence, Member States and partners have been urged to…

The Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan has visited the areas affected by flooding in the north of the country. It's estimated that up to 850,000 residents have been impacted by the weather in the country's Unity state.…

Prince Charles of the United Kingdom has met Egypt's president and the head of Sunni Islam's Al-Azhar institution in Cairo on a mission centred on inter-faith co-existence and the battle against climate change. Charles, accompanied by…

Young climate activists held talks with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow. Vanessa Nakate, Eric Njuguna and Elizabeth Wathuti were among the campaigners to meet the UN chief on the…

Senegalese women have taken to the streets of Dakar to march against climate change. Their objective was to promote women's participation in the climate debate and encourage people to consider their specific climate concerns as…

To further protect the Ozone Layer and the Climate in accordance with the Montreal Protocol’s provisions of greening the cooling sector, the Ministry, in collaboration with UNDP, has developed a National Cooling Plan, which determines the…