By Jeff Kapembwa ‘Africa is warming faster than the global average because it stands on the frontlines of the climate crisis and needs climate justice.’ says United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres. Raising eyebrows at the unabated climate injustices perpetuated by major polluters-many under…
By Happy Mulolani The Ministry of Green Economy and Environment (MGEE) projects significant rain in the Northern, Muchinga, Luapula, and North-Western provinces, while the rest of the country will receive 20 millimetres to no rain, which is an improvement over the previous amount. Speaking…
By Jeff Kapembwa The voices from the Baku-hosted COP 29 may have died down, arguably from unsatisfied interest groups over the low financing provided to insulate affected countries, but Africa’s lobby groups propose grants not loans for climate action. Kenya-based and continent’s leading anti-climate…
By Mary Kasoka Mwiikisa Minister of Green Economy and Environment Mike Mposha has announced that most parts of the country will experience high weather temperatures between the 1st and 12th December 2024. Mr Mposha said the temperatures will range between 33 and 43 degrees…
By Jeff Kapembwa Developing Nations and other climate action advocates, victims of the Green Houses Gases (GHGs) walked away from Azerbaijan capital, Baku, frowning after major polluters shot down their financing list to a paltry US$300 billion to insulate the costs and harm to the environment…
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…
