By Jeff Kapembwa The much touted COP 29 meeting closes its door in Baku, today, Friday, but the ‘Elephant in the room’-Climate finance guarantee for affected developing countries’, remains a far-fetched realisation. What many climate campaigners had envisaged of the COP 29 to bring…
By Happy Mulolani As the Conference of Parties (COP29) comes to a close in the Azerbaijan capital, Baku, more than 80 developing countries have intimated to developed countries for increased financing towards the initial US$100 million agreed upon – loss and damage pledge in…
By Happy Mulolani The ongoing Conference of Parties (COP29) negotiations in Baku, Azerbaijan provide hope, as Zambia signed bilateral agreements with Norway and Sweden, this week. The Bilateral agreements is expected to ease the climate shocks that continue to daunt the country’s various sectors….
By Jeff Kapembwa This year’s Conference of the Parties (COP), an annual international climate summit, attracting global leaders, was characterized by twists and turns. Some interest groups including Africa sought recognition of what their continents provide yet others benefit despite their unabated emission of…
By Jeff Kapembwa The much heralded COP 29 opened in the Azerbaijan capital, Baku, with that country’s leader, Mukhtar Babayev, boasting about the country’s endowed fossil fuels, a reagent to climate change. However, the United Nations gnashes its teeth over the delayed action to…
By Mary Kasoka Mwiikisa Baku Azerbaijan – The Zambian government has urged financial institutions to scale up their support towards climate action in Zambia. Zambia’s Green Economy and Environment Minister Mike Mposha, has advised bank representatives attending the Conference of Parties (COP29) in Azerbaijan,…
By Mary Kasoka Mwiikisa Baku, Azerbaijan – The Government says Zambia is ready to expand its carbon market space and allow more players in the industry. Speaking at the ongoing climate change conference (COP29) in Baku, Green Economy, and Environment Minister Mike Mposha has…
By Mary Kasoka Mwiikisa Baku, Azerbaijan -The Conference of Parties 29th edition (COP29), has opened in Baku Azerbaijan, on the backdrop of heightened actualization of climate finance commitments by the global north, responsible for 92% of excess global carbon emissions. Zambia’s Green Economy and…
By Happy Mulolani Undoubtedly, Zambia is one of the countries negatively impacted by the climate crisis, which culminated in a severe drought that hit various sectors of the economy. One of the critical sectors worst hit is the agriculture sector as the country witnessed…
By Jeff Kapembwa African leaders need to innovate, be practical, decisive and bold in its fight against hunger taunting over 3 billion inhabitants and spurred by climate change coupled with global financial shocks, among other factors escalating poverty on the continent, an African bank says….
