Afrika Berita
Polisi & Kewangan
Climate talks avoid collapse with last-hour US$300 billion deal seen as dissatisfactory by developing states
COP29 talks – running into overtime – concluded over the weekend with a signed deal to triple the amount of money to help poorer nations climate-proof their economies, but the promised funding falls short of the trillions of dollars developing countries say they need. A deal on Article 6 was also sealed.
Polisi & Kewangan
Climate blended finance deals hit a record high of US$18.3 billion in 2023: report
The blended finance market is "maturing", with rising transaction volumes being driven by private sector investors, development finance institutions and multilateral development banks. But adaptation funding still lags mitigation, finds a new study.
Polisi & Kewangan
The Philippines will push to make loss and damage fund ‘meaningful’: climate finance rep
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Mark Joven, who steered negotiations for the Philippines to host the loss and damage fund board, speaks to Eco-Business about the nation’s role in helping to rachet up pledges for the climate-vulnerable, as COP29 nears.
Karbon & Cuaca
‘You can’t grow forever on a finite planet’
The world must shift away from growth models driving ecosystems to the brink, says biodiversity expert and IPBES chair David Obura.
Bandar-bandar
Where are the world's stateless people?
Afrika Pendapat
Polisi & Kewangan
COP29 must deliver the goods
Geopolitical turmoil must not be allowed to distract global decision-makers from the urgent imperative of tackling climate change. There is no excuse for letting COP29 conclude without delivering ambitious, credible financing commitments to support climate action – including the clean-energy transition – in developing economies.
Polisi & Kewangan
Inclusive finance is the key to climate action
To achieve global climate goals, we can no longer ignore the people most exposed to the dire consequences of rising temperatures. As developed countries set new climate-finance targets at COP29, they should also devise more inclusive financial services and products to ensure that resources reach vulnerable communities.
If policymakers can overcome the remaining technological, regulatory, and financial barriers, the COP28 goal of tripling renewable-energy capacity by 2030 will be well within reach – with solar leading the way.
The playful and pudgy mammal lives the life of a superstar in a Thai zoo enclosure, but widespread deforestation and constant disturbance have made it difficult for her fellow pygmy hippos to survive in the wild.
Pengangkutan
Put a price on shipping emissions
Karbon & Cuaca
The case for a global climate assembly
Karbon & Cuaca
Women leading the green charge
Polisi & Kewangan
What climate-vulnerable developing countries need right now
Afrika Video
Karbon & Cuaca
Jane Goodall returns to Tanzania for tree-planting mission
Dr Jane Goodall, known for her pioneering study of chimpanzees nearly 60 years ago in Tanzania, continues her work to conserve nature in Africa by joining an expedition to protect the continent’s highest peak.
Studio EB
In line with the Sustainable Development Goals' aim to eradicate poverty, a Japanese multinational electronics firm is providing power supply stations, solar storage and products to countries with little or no access to electricity.
Yolk Station, a South Korean solar energy company, has installed a renewable energy solution in a remote Kenyan town that can also tackle the problem of child labour.
Particularly for women, access to clean water creates education and economic opportunities.
Afrika Audio
Karbon & Cuaca
‘A 1.1°C warmer world is already a matter of life and death’: Climate scientist Winston Chow
The Singapore scientist, recently elected to the UN's top climate body, tells the Eco-Business Podcast about the precarious state of climate adaptation in developing Asia. The region is not well-prepared to manage the cascading risks of extreme climate events, he says.
Most schools only teach the science of climate change. Green School gives the skills needed to live in a warming world. Eco-Business asked Green School's Leslie Medema how to be real with children about climate change without scaring them.
The clean energy sector’s poor human rights performance places its legitimacy at risk. Jessie Cato of the Business & Human Rights Resource Centre sheds light on how the industry can avoid labour abuse, land grabs and other violations.
Afrika Siaran Akhbar
International Labour Organization
More workers than ever are losing the fight against heat stress
Centre of Innovation and Maritime Excellence
CIME inauguration marks key effort to boost Africa’s economies through innovation, entrepreneurship
Afrika Penyelidikan
BirdLife International
State of the World's Birds 2018—taking the pulse of the planet
