By Jeff Kapembwa The 20th meeting of the Group of the Group of Twenty (G20) opened in South Africa Friday with the United Nations Secretary General, Antonio Guterres reminding the world, chiefly the rich nations to uncoil the continent-long embroiled in multiple shackles of debt,
By Jeff Kapembwa As the COP 30 in Belem inches closer to winding down, the United Nations has reminded developed nations, key polluters to seek to mobilise US$1.3 billion in the next 10 years with US$300 billion expected to be raised in the next five
By Jeff Kapembwa Prospects of restoring depleting forests in the Amazon in Brazil and other parts of the world where the trees have been ‘cannibalised for commercial and criminal intentions’ are waning after developed countries attending COP 3O in Belem, are lobbying to retain fossil
By Mary Kasoka Mwiikisa- Belém, Brazil Zambia and Switzerland have signed a new bilateral agreement under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, a development that will strengthen climate cooperation while unlocking new investment opportunities for Zambia. Speaking at the signing ceremony on the sidelines of
By Mary Kasoka Mwiikisa- Belém, Brazil Minister of Green Economy and Environment, Mike Mposha, has called for stronger global cooperation against climate change, stressing that for vulnerable nations like Zambia, the crisis is “a lived reality.” Speaking during the High Level Segment of the Climate
By Jeff Kapembwa Wildlife related crimes coupled with unabated and indiscriminate cutting down of trees for charcoal production, affecting Zambia’s ecosystem and biodiversity has forced two-agencies to join hands under the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to militate the uncouth acts. Estimates adduced in losses from
By Jeff Kapembwa The Pan African and the Islamic Banks are part of the 10 financial institutions mobilising US$185 billion for low and middle income countries to adapt against climate change by 2030 through construction of resilient infrastructure emission and other emission reduction projects. Climate
By Jeff Kapembwa Africa climate campaigners have petitioned the Conference of Parties (COP 30) underway in Belem, Brazil to actualize parameters set to fight climate change haunting the continent-losing a cumulative US$440 billion to date. The consortium of non-state actors attending the November 11-21 COP
By Jeff Kapembwa Indigenous inhabitants of the Amazon forests in Brazil ran amok, destroying property and injuring some security personnel at the opening of the annual climate indaba, the Conference of Parties (COP) 30, justifying the country’s cry over the escalating loss of an average
By Jeff Kapembwa Zambia should maximize production of coal, a fossil fuel, as a catalyst for sustained power to bolster economic growth, stifled by climate induced actions and other headwinds, local media reports say, citing Nigerian born-business magnet, Aliko Dangote. Dangote, who stopped over in
