With UN climate negotiations underway at COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), climate finance has once again been one of the key issues countries have been clashing over.
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For the first time at a climate COP, food and agriculture seem to be taken seriously. On December 1, 134 world leaders signed up for a landmark agriculture, food, and climate action declaration that aims to address emissions from agriculture while improving food security and protecting farmers’ livelihoods. Country signatories include agricultural big-hitters Brazil, the United States, and China, representing 5.7 billion people.
The United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) closed on Wednesday in Dubai with an agreement that signals the “beginning of the end” of the fossil fuel era.
The Executive Secretary of the UN Climate Change, Simon Stiell, has urged parties at the climate summit in Dubai to clear the unnecessary tactical blockades out of the way as negotiations intensified ahead of the closing on Tuesday.
A renowned Nigerian environmentalist, Nnimmo Bassey, has condemned the draft Global Stocktake (GST) of COP28 for refusing to phase out production of fossil fuels as an urgent climate action.
ASHENEWS reports that the Niger state governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago says that his administration is seeking partnerships with the Dubai Emirates in the areas of agricultural and environmental sustainability.
A new draft for the final text of the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai no longer includes a phase-out of coal, oil and gas.
ASHENEWS reports that the Niger State governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago has entered into a tripartite agreement with an energy consulting group, the Energy Commission of Nigeria, and the Global Wind Energy Council on wind energy development in Niger State.
ASHENEWS reports that the Italian government has offered €5 million as its contribution to the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa.
ASHENEWS reports that Nigeria is among over 60 countries that have endorsed the Gender-Responsive Just Transitions and Climate Action Partnership at the ongoing Conference of Parties (COP28) summit in Dubai.