AllAfrica News: Climate

Nairobi -- State House Spokesman Mohamed Hussein says medical supplies, and other relief items have ben airlifted to flood-hit regions through Kenya Defense Forces(KDF).

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With just a week to the UN Climate Summit (COP28) in Dubai, Power Shift Africa has published a report titled Africa's Agenda for COP28.

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The Mo Ibrahim Foundation (MIF) has released its latest research report, Africa on the road to COP28: reconciling climate & development , outlining the three priorities that must be addressed at...

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Why is the Loss and Damage fund so important for Africa and what will likely come out of the negotiations at COP28?

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Rome -- Objections to progressive policies are often based on cost. It would be great to have a fairer, more sustainable world, the argument goes, but where will the money come from to pay for i...

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Abuja -- Founder of Fight against Desert Encroachment (FADE), Newton Jibunoh, speaks on how Nigerians can adopt their traditional ways to mitigate the scourge of climate change in the country.

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Kismayo -- The prime minister of Somalia wade through the mud to meet the internally displaced people who were displaced by floods in the Lower Juba region.

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Reacting to a BBC report that Sultan Al Jaber, the president-designate of COP28, who is also the chief executive of the UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), was briefed to advance the i...

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Leading scientists converge to make inputs on the revised Climate Change Strategy

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In the picturesque landscapes of Rwanda's Western Province, Rutsiro and Ngororero Districts, a pressing issue looms large -- land and forest degradation. Fuelled by population pressures and unsu...

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Nairobi -- The Kenya Red Cross Society (KRCS) has launched a joint appealed with the The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) to raise 18 million Swiss Francs ...

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Nairobi -- The Kenya Electricity Generating Company PLC (KenGen) has clarified that the ongoing rains in the country is unlikely to fill the Masinga dam, the main reservoir in the Seven Forks Da...

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Nairobi -- Floods arising from ongoing heavy rains have cut off the Mbogolo Bridge along Mtwapa-Kilifi (A7) Road affecting traffic to and from the coastal city of Mombasa.

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Nairobi -- Cabinet Secretary for Energy and Petroleum Davis Chirchir has warned of the imminent overflow of 1,006.5-metre deep Kamburu dam in Machakos County.

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Arusha -- Experts say climate smart agriculture is a way to go

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Nairobi -- The Kenya National Highway Authority has advised caution on Madongo-Garissa road after floods cut off a section of the transport corridor following "a major washout".

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Kisumu -- Interior Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo has challenged county governments to complement interventions being taken by the national government to mitigate the effects of El Nino rain...

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Yaounde, Cameroon - Young people in Africa have called on developed countries to double the funding for climate change adaptation in Africa.

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For the first time, scientists have conducted a study linking human-induced climate change to prolonged heat waves in sub-Saharan Africa. They studied the exceptionally high temperature recorded...

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Oxford, England -- The impacts of climate change on human mobility have yet to be fully understood and addressed on a global scale, even though some 3.3 to 3.6 billion people are highly vulnerab...

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Nairobi -- A just transition should be viewed as an opportunity to rectify some of the wrongs where women are not prioritised in the energy mix, yet their experience of the impact of climate cha...

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Nairobi -- President William Ruto has assured Kenyans that the Government has taken concrete measures, both short and long term, to address the effects of the ongoing El-Nino rains.

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The organisers of the Kaduna rally said the goal was to ask for climate justice for women and affirmative representation at COP28.

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The East African Community (EAC) Heads of State are set to convene for their 23rd Ordinary Summit in Arusha, Tanzania, on November 24. Experts in agriculture and environment sectors have told Th...

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The country requires more than Rwf500 billion for recovery interventions.

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Mr Pathak said cement production is an energy-intensive process which consumes thermal energy of about 3.3GJ/tonne of clinker produced.

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Two recent disasters in Morocco and Libya highlight the deadly consequences of outdated infrastructure in the face of natural hazards.

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Cape Town --

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Nairobi -- North Eastern region lawmakers have implored the government to declare the El Nino rains coupled with floods that has so far affected 2 million people a national disaster.

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Flash flooding has killed at least 50 people and driven nearly 700,000 from their homes, a government official said, with more heavy rains expected to worsen Somalia's plight, reports AFP.

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