climate change in Africa Archives

25Dec

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Energy

Prioritizing Transformational Solutions over Elusive Promises: Reflections from COP28 and Global Climate Conferences End of 2023

By Nicole Iseppi: Director - Global Energy Innovation, Bezos Earth Fund The global climate verdict echoes with even greater clarity post-COP28: it's time for transformational, actionable steps rather than elusive inertia, attention-grabbing promises. Achieving our climate goals requires a tangible shift from fossil fuel reliance, demanding real innovations in the energy system instead of focusing on small-scale, minimal-impact solutions. No longer small steps only large leaps are required by all to deliver the global energy transition. Triggering positive tipping points in the energy system Systemic transformations play a pivotal role in mainstreaming renewable energy. Despite current successes, transformations are not occurring at the speed and scale needed as highlighted in the Global...

18Dec

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African News

Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI) Unveils Encouraging Progress to Drive Sustainable Development and Combat Climate Change in Africa

The Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI) is proud to unveil substantial progress and achievements made in 2023, underscoring its commitment to accelerating climate action, promoting sustainable development, and addressing the impacts of climate change in Africa. By sharing its progress, ACMI is doubling down on its support to African carbon markets, whilst also recognizing the incredible progres that global carbon markets have seen at COP28. 1. Comprehensive Carbon Market Activation Plans (CMAPs): ACMI has been actively collaborating with seven African countries, including Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Malawi, DRC, Ghana, and Rwanda, to develop robust Carbon Market Activation Plans (CMAPs). These plans focus on formulating regulations and policies for both voluntary and compliance carbo...

Zohra Opoku Pioneering Sustainability at the Unveiling of a New Exhibition in Ghana

30Nov

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Art, Ghana News

Zohra Opoku Pioneering Sustainability at the Unveiling of a New Exhibition in Ghana

Zohra Opoku and the Revival create expressive, daring, site-specific works that engage people and promote sustainability to combat climate change. A major exhibition of work by German-Ghanaian artist Zohra Opoku, in collaboration with a Ghana based community-led sustainable design initiative, The Revival (founded by Kwamena Boison & Yayra Agbofah), has officially been unveiled at the Red Clay Studio in Tamale, Ghana. The public exhibition known as TRANSFER(S) is organised by Osnabrück Kunsthalle and opened in Germany earlier in July 2023, with a monumental installation of Ibrahim Mahama’s montaged tapestry of strip-woven textiles, decommissioned jute sacks and batakaris (traditional garments cumulated from the northern region of Ghana). Now in its second phase, TRANSFER(S) will show...

23Nov

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Kenya News

Africa Climate Weak or Strong?

By Ashay Abbhi, Climate Change Expert, Intellecap Kenya. “We will hold you to your promises”, echoed the voice of a child across the packed hall at the Africa Climate Week. The sentence reverberated not only the child’s sentiment but also that of the entire continent. As civilisation thrived, the continent went from being the cradle of civilization to the dump yard of urbanization. The promises made to uplift Africa and its people have failed to provide equitable justice. The trend continues. The promises made to save Africa from climate change have seen little light thus far. Africa contributes only 2-3% to the global emissions and yet it is one of the most climate vulnerable regions. At the Africa Climate Summit 2023, this sentiment loomed large among Africans and visitors alike. The ...

Shelter Afrique roots for climate-resilient affordable housing at the Africa Climate Summit

7Sep

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African News, Kenya News

Shelter Afrique roots for climate-resilient affordable housing at the Africa Climate Summit

Governments should create incentives for the production of well-located affordable housing that minimizes construction costs, enhances sustainability, and offers better mobility. Nairobi-based, pan African housing development financier Shelter Afrique has implored African governments to adopt climate-resilient housing and create incentives for the production of well-located affordable housing that minimizes construction costs, enhances sustainability, and offers better mobility. Speaking on the session themed 'Integrated Liveable African Cities’ at the Africa Climate Summit – hosted by the Government of Kenya in collaboration with the African Union Commission, Shelter Afrique Managing Director, Thierno Habib Hann, said it was imperative to enhance climate adaptation mechanisms in climate...

4Sep

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Energy

UAE Carbon Alliance pledges to purchase US$450 million in African carbon credits by 2030

The pledge by the UAE Carbon Alliance seeks to connect the high-integrity supply of African carbon credits to high demand from the Middle East. The UAE Carbon Alliance, chaired by Her Highness Sheikha Shamma bint Sultan bin Khalifa Al Nahyan, President and CEO of the UAE Independent Climate Change Accelerators (UICCA), signs a non-binding Letter of Intent with the Africa Carbon Markets Initiative’s Advance Market Signal to pledge an indicative intended purchase of US$450 million in African carbon credits by 2030. The Africa Carbon Markets Initiative (ACMI) is a collaborative effort incubated by Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL), the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP), and The Rockefeller Foundation, and rolled out in partnership with the United Nations Economic Comm...

22Jun

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African News

ONE Campaign urges leaders to seize the opportunity presented by critical New Global Financial Pact Summit

As world leaders gather in Paris to discuss how to accelerate efforts to tackle climate change and poverty, activists from The ONE Campaign are urging them not to waste this critical opportunity. The Summit for a New Global Financial Pact, hosted by President Emmanuel Macron, aims to accelerate efforts to recover from the global COVID-19 pandemic and tackle some of the most pressing global issues, including climate change, loss of biodiversity, rising poverty and growing food insecurity. The whole world is affected by these issues but the poorest and most vulnerable countries are paying the highest prices for crises they did the least to cause. Meeting climate commitments is expected to cost African countries USD$2.8 trillion by 2030. This is in addition to the burden of spiralling debts...