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Extended Heat Waves Captivating Morocco and Algeria in View of Climate Change Issues

Expecting to last through the end of July, heat waves in Algeria and Morocco should cause great worry in both North Africa’s countries. Authorities in both nations have issued severe weather warnings to their citizens based on forecasts of temperatures approaching a sweltering 47 degrees centigrade (117 Fahrenheit). Heat warnings have been issued by the […]

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AI-Driven Weather Forecasting: A Horn of Africa Lifesaver

Climate change is making extreme weather events causing floods, droughs, and wildfires more common and severe, so influencing nations all around. Particularly the Horn of Africa is prone to strong rain, which causes terrible localized flooding, loss of livelihoods, and even deaths. In order to solve this, researchers are using artificial intelligence (AI) to forecast […]

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Africa is seeking funds from the business sector for ocean climate action

Climate finance projects are becoming an increasingly important resource for East African nations as they seek to improve the economic well-being of coastal communities, support biodiversity, and take climate-related action. A high-level political forum on sustainable development is currently taking place at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York City. On the periphery […]

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Business: AfDB Set To Launch An Increased Climate Change Enterprise

African Development Bank are set to launch an accelerated change initiative, the proposed budget for this initiative is around $25 billion, and it’s strictly for the continent of Africa. This initiative is to help African countries particularly with climate adaptation. The declaration came during the Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021 on Monday, facilitated by the […]

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AfDB Set To Donate $6.5bn To Support Countries In The Sahel

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has pledge over six billion to support and help Sahel countries, this is an important initiative to allow the countries in Sahel to fight desertification. The AfDB has been recognized for such charitable deeds in the time past. AfDB president Akinwumi Adesina made the promise during the OnePlanet highest point […]

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Business: Carbon Prices Skyrockets After EU Assembly

The European Parliament advocated a format to toughen the bloc’s 2030 emissions-reduction target to 60% from 1990 levels, placing strain on European Union governments in upcoming talks about the ultimate form of a landmark climate law. The EU assembly posted on Wednesday the effects of greater than a hundred and seventy amendments to the law […]

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African climate activists press leaders on ‘life or death’ choices

Climate change presents world leaders with “life or death” choices, the Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate said on Wednesday as she pressed them to treat it as an urgent crisis. Poverty, hunger, conflicts, disease and violence against women were some of the knock-on effects she cited. “The people and the planet must come first before […]

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NEWS: Up to 2.1M people face acute food crisis in Somalia

Up to 2.1 million human beings in Somalia are expected to face an acute meals insecurity Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or even worse outcomes through December 2020, a new report said on Wednesday. The crisis predicted to show up “through December 2020 in the absence of humanitarian assistance,” is due to “the combined effects of […]

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Standard Bank: We will not let climate groups dictate how the bank is run

Standard Bank, which has come under fire for continuing to fund new fossil fuel projects on the continent, says it will do proper diligence to ensure that the projects it invests in do not harm society – but it will not let climate groups dictate how the bank is run. Speaking at the banking group’s […]