While El Niño events usually last for a year, La Nina can persist for two consecutive years or even longer, leading to prolonged and aggregated impacts such as wildfires and flooding.
They are demanding that fossil fuel industry representatives are excluded from climate negotiations. They are also advocating for a health-centred approach to climate action.
Developing countries in tropical regions are losing ten per cent or more annually of their national income due to climate change.
Delegates of a week-long meeting in Nairobi struggled to advance a draft of a global treaty to end plastic pollution
Climate change has pushed 122 million people into hunger since 2019. Agri-food sector received 0.3 per cent of climate finance.
As agreed at COP27, countries are expected to adopt a framework for the new UN fund to assist nations in recovering from “loss and damage” caused by climate change.
Expectations are low, given general inaction on cutting emissions. Final agreement expected towards the end of two-week conference.
On the opening day of COP28, global leaders agreed to establish the long-awaited Loss and Damage Fund, marking a significant victory for COP28.
This year recorded the hottest temperatures in history. Scientists have confirmed as global leaders start talks on global warming in Dubai.
Ruto unveils Kenya’s goal to expand its current energy capacity from 3 Gigawatts to 100 Gigawatts of entirely renewable power at Dubai COP28.
United Arab Emirates has committed USD30 billion in capital to launch a landmark climate-focused investment vehicle at COP28.
COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber, has rejected the scientific basis for the global demand to phase out fossil fuels saying it lacks evidence to restrict global heating to the critical 1.5°C target.
South East Asia currently hosts the highest percentage of hospitals at high risk. The report identifies hospitals on coastlines and near rivers as the most vulnerable.
COP28 negotiations intensified today as developed countries claimed to have met the $100 billion funding goal, though developing nations remained skeptical.
Around 2,400 people linked to coal, oil and gas have registered for COP28 in Dubai - more than the total attendees from the 10 countries most vulnerable to climate change impacts.
A recent UN report showed that rich countries had reduced their aid for climate adaptation efforts between 2020 and 2021.
In Kenya, 2023 was marked by significant initiatives, international collaboration, and groundbreaking achievements.
Climate experts and representatives from marginalised communities are calling for concerted efforts from all stakeholders to protect intangible and tangible cultural heritage
Climate change has made events like the extreme drought that the country has been experiencing since 2020 stronger and about 100 times more likely.
Africa is now pushing for a climate finance goal worth not less than $5.9 trillion by 2030.
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