The Lagos State Government says it is leveraging its presence at the 29th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan, to secure global partnerships and green investments.
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African policymakers and global leaders at the COP29 UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan have called for urgent action to address the region’s clean cooking crisis, which affects 1.2 billion people and results in millions of premature deaths annually.
Pay now to help poorer countries cope with climate change or pay more later, negotiators were warned on Thursday as experts said poor states need at least one trillion dollars per year by the end of the decade to move to greener energy and protect against extreme weather.
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is doubling its commitment to facilitating a just energy transition for Africa that supports the continent’s critical development needs and unlocks its economic potential.
Wealthy countries must more than double the amount of climate finance paid from taxpayers’ money annually by 2030, UN-appointed experts said.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has urged world leaders to take immediate steps to cut emissions, safeguard people from climate chaos, and “tear down the walls to climate finance” in response to the climate crisis.
Climate change activist, and former federal lawmaker, Sam Onuigbo says Nigeria is making progress in meeting its energy transition efforts.
Dozens of world leaders are set to give speeches at the UN’s Climate Change Conference in Azerbaijan on Tuesday, setting the tone for the two-week negotiations.
UN climate chief Simon Stiell has told negotiators at the COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan that setting an ambitious new climate finance target is crucial for the well-being of all nations, including the wealthiest and most powerful.
ASHENEWS reports that the United Nations has warned that no country is immune to the impact of climate change.