COP28 gives Nigeria another chance to fight for financing it needs to adapt to climate change.
President of Kenya William Ruto (C) surrounded by other African leaders at the Africa Climate Summit 2023 in Nairobi.
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There were three important moments in Africa this year which highlight a mix of progress, priorities and potential pitfalls in the fight against climate change.
Cobalt, used in portable electronics, is mined in poor conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Climate and investment laws must align for the global south to get climate justice and achieve net-zero emissions.
A wildfire during hot, dry conditions in August 2023 destroyed Lahaina, Hawaii, and devastated Maui’s tourism industry – the heart of its economy.
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Fed Chair Jerome Powell bristles at talk of managing climate change, but the damage it is doing the US economy is hard to ignore, as the latest National Climate Assessment shows.
In what’s likely to be the hottest year on record, nations are gathering to try and hash out faster action on climate change. Here are the three main issues facing negotiators.
Green Anglicans at a Climate Justice March Cape Town.
Getting climate funds to frontline communities may require rich countries and the UN easing control over how the money is spent.
Large machines work in the soya monoculture on a farm in Sidrolândia, Mato Grosso do Sul: the current trajectory of deforestation is diminishing the capacity of the Amazon and Cerrado to regulate rainfall patterns, putting the country’s agricultural systems at great risk.
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Diminishing forests reduces the capacity of the Amazon and Cerrado to regulate rainfall patterns. That’s bad for communities, but also bad for business and global food security.
The largest tributary on the left bank of the Amazon, the Rio Negro is known for its paradisiacal landscapes, fresh, clean and abundant waters, where pink dolphins swim. Today, much of its riverbed around Manaus looks like this.
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The drought is expected to affect the region until mid-2024 at the earliest. Signs of its severity include the lowest water levels in the city of Manaus in 121 years.
Temperature sensitivity makes western fence lizards vulnerable to climate change.
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From dark dragonflies becoming paler to plants flowering earlier, some species are slowly evolving with the climate. Evolutionary biologists explain why few will evolve fast enough.
With many countries planning fossil fuel production increases and continuing subsidies, negotiators have their work cut out for them when the COP28 climate summit begins.
The aftermath of Storm Daniel in Derna, eastern Libya. September 2023.
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