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Tag: Climate Change
Climate change costs Africa 5% of its GDP- study
Climate change and global warming costs African countries 5% of their GDP, according to the UN. The continent releases less than 10% of greenhouse gas ... Read More
Energizing Africa: AI can help achieve universal energy access on the continent
Artificial Intelligence (AI) can accelerate energy access in Africa, which is critical to reduce poverty, enhance productivity, and build resilience against climate change on the ... Read More
OPEC Fund Lends Morocco $100 Mln for Climate Resilience Efforts
The OPEC Fund for International Development (the OPEC Fund) approved on Wednesday a $ 100 million loan to Morocco to enable the country to co-finance ... Read More
U.S. supports Morocco’s cooperative resilience efforts to mitigate climate change
USAID chief Samantha Power has announced the launch of a new initiative destined to help Moroccan vulnerable cooperatives and entrepreneurs in rural areas adapt to ... Read More
West African heatwave caused by climate change- study
A study by the World Weather Attribution group of scientists found that the heat wave that damaged crops in West Africa was triggered by human-caused ... Read More
World’s 10 most under-reported urgent humanitarian crises are in Africa — CARE’s report
Crises in Africa are being overlooked, with news about humanitarian emergencies on the continent buried beneath the weight of media attention focused elsewhere, according to ... Read More
AfDB loans Seychelles $33m as strengthened response to climate change, transition to clean energy
The board of directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a loan worth $33 million to Seychelles destined to strengthen the country’s response ... Read More
UAE flexes its climate finance muscles to contribute to Africa’s green energy transition
As the United Arab Emirates (UAE) prepares to host the COP28 climate summit from 30 November to 12 December, the Gulf state has made a ... Read More
IMF warns climate change to exacerbate conflict, war-torn, fragile African states most at risk
Climate change that is already disproportionately affecting war-torn countries threatens to exacerbate conflict in fragile nations across the globe, but most of all in Africa, ... Read More
Post-Cotonou: EU green-lights new treaty with African, Caribbean and Pacific states
After more than a two-year delay, the EU Council finally ratified (20 July) a new treaty with African, Caribbean and Pacific countries that covers a ... Read More