Released ahead of the COP28 climate talks taking place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Adaptation Gap Report 2023: Underfinanced. Underprepared – Inadequate investment and planning on climate adaptation leaves world exposed finds that the adaptation finance needs of developing countries are 10-18 times as big as international public finance flows – over 50 per cent higher than the previous range estimate.
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ASHENEWS reports that every five days, rapid urbanisation takes place worldwide as the world adds buildings equivalent to the size of Paris.
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), has again pleaded with Iranian authorities to release a conservation biologist, Niloufar Bayani, and eight other environmental conservationists, imprisoned in February 2018.
UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said doubling investments in nature protection could provide a long-term cure to a host of crises…
By Abdallah el-Kurebe “Healthy, functional ecosystems are critical to preventing the climate emergency and loss of biodiversity from causing irreversible…
By Mercy Omoike and Vivian Ihechu Over the years, the use of plastics has become common place in the lives…
Half-measures won’t halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, which is what we need to do. We need to go all…
…The potential damage of $3.9 billion is three times the investment of $1.3 billion made in the sector in 2019…
…Even Arctic faces rising wildfire risk …Wildfires and climate change are “mutually exacerbating” By Abdallah el-Kurebe As the United Nations…
By Habibu Harisu Under the UNDP climate change support programme, 26 youth have volunteered to nurse 250 planted trees in…