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[IFAD] New IFAD case study in Mali shows diaspora finance and investment play an essential role in helping vulnerable populations adapt to climate change

[IPS] Urbana, Illinois, U.S. -- Recently, at the UN climate conference COP29, countries agreed to do everything necessary to invest in climate solutions to protect lives and livelihoods from worsening climate change impacts and to build a prosperous world. This is necessary. Indeed, every effort must be made by our leaders to protect lives and livelihoods.

[Vanguard] Lagos State Government, through the Office of Special Adviser on Climate Change and Circular Economy, OCCE, has signed an Expression of Interest, EoI, to partner with the EU-Africa Chamber of Commerce, EUACC, toward advancing sustainable development.

[allAfrica] This year's COP29 in Baku was the most precarious climate summit yet. It was far more fractious and far less ambitious than earlier COPs. Halfway through the meeting, many climate leaders wrote a public letter claiming COP was un fit for purpose and called for an urgent overhaul. Many senior negotiators expressed frustration with what some termed the worst COP in a decade.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has called for enhanced climate financing mechanisms to support African nations in addressing the growing impacts of climate change.

[UN News] From planting a billion trees in Zimbabwe, in southern Africa, to exporting products from the moringa tree in Mali and developing a climate action-focused board game called "Rescuing Penguins," in Costa Rica, a group of young people has been recognized by the UN for making a positive impact in the fight to counter desertification, land degradation and drought.

[WFP] A WFP project is building resilient communities and environments

[WFP] Kigali -- A delegation of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Board wrapped up a visit to Rwanda where they saw how the UN food agency - the world's largest humanitarian organisation - is supporting refugees and asylum seekers, and contributing to the Government's development objectives through capacity building and programmes that promote sustainable and climate-resilient food systems. In the southern part of the country, the delegation visited the Kigeme refugee camp, one of five camps where WFP supports

[VOA] Pretoria, South Africa -- The United Nations environmental agency UNESCO is calling for more studies and closer working relations between journalists and scientists to ensure the effects of climate change are understood and can be mitigated, especially in poorer African countries, which more acutely feel the pinch of extreme weather events.

[The Herald] The curtain will finally fall on the 2024 motocross season in dramatic style this month at the iconic Donnybrook Park Raceway in Harare.

[IPS] Countries facing existential crises due to climate change have asked the International Court of Justice in the Hague to look beyond climate treaties, like the Paris Agreement, when it considers its opinion on the obligations of high-emitting UN member states.

[UN News] Droughts across the world are intensifying and have become a "slow onset, silent killer" to which no country is immune, according to the UN's most senior official working on desertification, drought and land restoration issues.

[Capital FM] Kisumu -- The Ministry of Internal Security and National Administration is conducting an assessment on areas affected by floods in western Kenya region, where hundreds of families remain displaced.

[IFAD] The UN's International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) calls for urgent investments to empower small-scale farmers to tackle land degradation and desertification, and contribute to safeguard the planet's food security, climate and ecosystems, as the sixteenth Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) starts in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, today.

[The Herald] The country has recorded over 50 000 cattle deaths due to water and food shortages triggered by last season's El Nino-induced drought, with the recent rains throwing a lifeline for the remaining livestock units.

[UN News] Three billion people around the world are suffering the impact of poor and degraded land which will "increase levels of migration, stability and insecurity among many communities," according to the newly-elected President of a UN-backed conference on desertification, drought and land restoration which is taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

[African Arguments] Under the new carbon markets framework agreed in Baku, countries face no real repercussions if they fail to abide by the rules.

[IPS] Riyadh Saudi Arabia -- A major new scientific report was launched December 1, a day ahead of the opening of the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP16).

[allAfrica] At its most human level, growth is the purpose of life. Avoid the death trap of under 5 child mortality - something roughly 13,400 children per day fail to do - and then hope for an equal chance at thriving to old age in an increasingly chaotic world.

[The Herald] The recently concluded United Nations climate summit (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, has widely been criticised for lack of tangible results as rich nations blatantly reneged on their commitment to climate funding as agreed at the 2015 Paris conference.