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Climate shocks, humanitarian crises and political division plague Central Africa

·December 14, 2024·2 min read

Abdou Abarry, UN Special Representative for Central Africa, told ambassadors in the Security Council that disasters and extreme weather events displaced more than three million people in the region this year alone. This has worsened an already fragile socio-economic situation and underscored the need for stronger climate action. Climate and...

Poverty, conflict and climate fuel spike in trafficking victims: UN report

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·December 11, 2024·2 min read

The 2024 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons reveals a 25 per cent increase between 2022 and 2019, as more children are exploited and forced labour cases spike due to vulnerabilities brought on by poverty, conflict and the climate crisis. “Criminals are increasingly trafficking people into forced labour, including to...

COP29 climate talks conclude with $300 billion annual pledge, but developing nations call deal ‘an insult’

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·November 24, 2024·4 min read

After two weeks of intense negotiations, delegates at COP29, formally the 29th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), agreed to provide this funding annually, with an overall climate financing target to reach “at least $1.3 trillion by 2035”. Countries also agreed on the rules...

Preparing for climate chaos in Timor-Leste, one of the world’s most vulnerable nations

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·November 23, 2024·6 min read

In April 2021, catastrophic flash floods ravaged Timor-Leste, claiming the lives of more than 30 people and destroying over 4,000 homes. Among the worst-hit areas was Orlalan, a remote mountainous village with a population of nearly 6,000. Residents there had little idea how to protect themselves when floodwaters surged and...

COP29 draft deal proposes wealthy nations give $250 billion in climate finance

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·November 22, 2024·2 min read

The new draft outcome text, which will surely push this round of talks into the weekend, called for the overall climate financing goal to reach “at least $1.3 trillion by 2035”, but left out specifics – grants, loans, or from the private sector – on how these funds will be...

COP29 countdown: Failure on climate finance ‘not an option’, says Guterres

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·November 21, 2024·7 min read

Having just returned from the G20 Summit in Rio, Mr. Guterres shared the resounding message he delivered there: an ambitious climate finance goal is not only essential, but urgent. “Failure is not an option,” he emphasized, warning that the result of inaction could be catastrophic. Just 24 hours before COP29...

Baku talks heat up: New climate finance deal, urban challenges in COP29 spotlight

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·November 21, 2024·6 min read

The source of the hundreds of billions, if not trillions, of funds that developing nations say will be needed to adapt to a fast-changing climate – governments, multilateral banks, or the private sector – has become a major subject of contention during the last eight days. The good, the bad...

COP29 gets boost from Rio as G20 leaders back scaling up climate finance from ‘billions to trillions’

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·November 19, 2024·1 min read

While the statement from the world’s leading economies – and biggest emitters – stopped short of explicit reference of ‘transitioning away from fossil fuels’, to which all nations agreed last year at COP28 in Dubai, the G20 leaders did ‘welcome the balanced, ambitious outcome’ of those talks. The G20 communique...

‘Cut the theatrics’: UN climate chief tells COP29 negotiators to focus on solutions as talks enter final week

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·November 18, 2024·3 min read

“We can’t lose sight of the forest because we’re tussling over individual trees,” said Simon Stiell, urging delegates to wrap up “less contentious issues” as early as possible this week, so there is enough time for the major political decisions. COP29 opened in the Azerbaijan capital this past Monday with...

Ahead of G20 Summit in Brazil, Guterres urges bloc to take the lead on peace, climate and other challenges

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·November 18, 2024·4 min read

António Guterres was speaking to reporters on the eve of the opening of the G20 Leaders’ Summit in the Brazilian city. ‘A simple message’ “I have come to Rio with a simple message: G20 leaders must lead,” he said. “G20 countries – by definition – have tremendous economic clout. They...

Colombian conflict survivors turn forest heroes in search of climate change solutions

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·November 17, 2024·6 min read

This waterway, a silent witness to the turmoil of the municipality of Mapiripán, has seen it all – the wildlife trafficking, the coca harvests that fuelled conflict, the human bodies left behind amid a heinous massacre and the relentless erosion of the rainforest it once nourished. Now, Sandra hopes it...

COP29: Digital tech and AI can boost climate action, but curbing the sector’s emissions is key

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·November 17, 2024·2 min read

On the first-ever ‘Digitalisation Day’ for a UN climate conference, the COP29 Declaration on Green Digital Action received endorsements from more than 1,000 governments, companies, civil society organizations, international and regional organizations, and other stakeholders. Pluses and minuses According to the UN International Telecommunications Union (ITU), which organized today’s digital...