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More on Tag: Climate Change
25 Nov 2022
Climate conference takeaways: Key outcomes from COP27 and the next steps as we head to COP28
Discussions over establishing a “new collective quantifiable target on climate finance” for 2024, taking into account the requirements and interests of poor nations, took place during COP2...
21 Nov 2022
WHO and FP2030 to strengthen cooperation for sexual and reproductive health and rights
Meeting on the sidelines of the International Conference on Family Planning in Thailand, the World Health Organization (WHO), the UN Special Research Programme HRP, and FP2030 today signed a Memorandu...
18 Nov 2022
Beyond COP27? The journey to actualise climate finance commitments
Developed countries pledged US$100 billion to aid developing countries in the fight against climate change in 2015. As at last year’s COP26 in Glasgow, this target had still not been reached and the...
11 Nov 2022
Health must take centre stage in the COP27 climate change negotiations
On the eve of the pivotal climate talks at COP27, WHO issued a grim reminder that the climate crisis continues to make people sick and jeopardize lives, and that health must be at the core of these cr...
4 Nov 2022
Beyond donations during drought: Let’s adopt a climate action plan
The ASAL region of Kenya continues to suffer from a severe drought (2020 – 2022) that has been termed as the most severe and longest in forty years. Its widespread impacts on livelihoods are gri...
4 Nov 2022
COP27: Climate change adaptation and mitigation efforts in Africa hang in the balance without adequate financing
Our common heritage is under threat and with the approach of the IFCC Conference of Parties 27 (COP27) which takes place next week at Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, Climate Finance will be on the table for...
21 Oct 2022
Staggering backsliding across women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health revealed in new UN analysis
A new UN report shows that women’s and children’s health has suffered globally, as the impacts of conflict, the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change converge with devastating effects on prospects ...
21 Oct 2022
Financial institutions must build internal capacity to address climate change risks
The effects of climate change have caught up with us, and they pose significant risks to different sectors. The agricultural sector is the worst hit due to changes in weather patterns and extended dro...
7 Oct 2022
Understanding International Climate Change Regimes
Climate change legislation, often shortened to climate legislation, consists of laws and policies that govern action on climate change by setting its legal basis. The term is used broadly and can incl...
16 Sep 2022
Renewable energy at the top of Kenya’s new government agenda
During the inauguration of Kenya’s 5th president on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, in his speech, the incoming president said there was a great need for adaptation and mitigation measures to be put in...
19 Aug 2022
Ways to weave gender mainstreaming in your climate action policies and programmes and the reasons
Does climate change affect everyone equally? Most definitely, no. The severity of the effects of climate change depend on factors such as geographical location, gender, social class, governance styles...
12 Aug 2022
The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change Contribution to Sustainable Development
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) Paris Agreement was approved in December 2015 and went into effect in November 2016. This agreement is the result of discussi...
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