Africa getting just 12% of financing needed to adapt to climate change -report
LONDON, Aug 11 (Reuters) - Africa is getting just 12% of the finance it needs to manage the impact of climate change, a report on Thursday said, raising pressure on rich nations to do more in the run up to global climate talks in November.
Afrika KlimafinanzierungGermany promotes insurance-based ‘global shield’ for climate victims
Germany is working on a “global shield” to help communities in poor and vulnerable countries recover faster from climate disasters. It aims to fix flaws in the humanitarian system, which can deliver aid after disasters like drought or storms but slowly and patchily.
Klimafinanzierung DeutschlandDie Erde ohne uns
Will die Erde uns loswerden? Harter Tobak. Doch angesichts von sich weltweit mehrenden Hitzewellen, Dürren, Waldbränden und Überflutungen kann einen dieses Gefühl schon beschleichen. EU-Klimakommissar Frans Timmermans ging es jüngst offenbar so.
Klimafinanzierung glob. Klimagerechtigk.After US fails to pay its debt, UN’s flagship climate fund warns of austerity
Joe Biden speaks to DRC president Felix Tshisekedi and Gabon's president Ali Bongo Ondimba at Cop26. (Photo: The White House/Flickr) The head of the UN’s flagship climate fund has warned that it will have to reject emissions-cutting projects if its donors do not provide more resources.
Klimafinanzierung USAVanessa Nakate confronts rich world’s ministers over loss and damage
Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate has confronted rich countries over their refusal to provide finance for victims of the climate crisis in the developing world. She asked them to put their thumbs up if they agreed.
KlimafinanzierungLe PS veut lancer des initiatives sur l'accueil extrafamilial et le climat
Le lancement de l'initiative pour les crèches a été approuvé à la quasi-unanimité (259 voix pour aucune contre et 2 abstentions). Ce texte prévoit d'inscrire dans la Constitution le principe selon lequel chaque enfant a le droit à une prise en charge extrafamiliale.
Klimafinanzierung Schweiz (Bund) SchweizHere’s how to repay developing nations for colonialism – and fight the climate crisis
Activists pushing for global reparations for colonialism and slavery are often accused of asking for the politically impossible. At the international scale, however, reparations are more plausible than one might think.
Klimafinanzierung KolonialismusAfrican nations settled for ‘moral pact’ with US on adaptation finance at Cop26
African nations accepted a “moral commitment” that the US will deliver increased finance for developing countries to cope with intensifying climate impacts in exchange for backing the Cop26 deal in Glasgow.
Afrika Klimafinanzierung COP26 USAWie reiche Staaten die Entwicklungsländer (mit tiefem Bedauern) im Stich lassen
Donnerstagabend, vergangene Woche in Glasgow. Die Minister und Delegierten sehen nach 12 Tagen Klimakonferenz aus wie Partygänger, die in der Früh nach Hause torkeln: Augenringe, zerknitterte Hemden, zerzaustes Haar. Die Spuren von zähen Verhandlungen. Und noch ist es nicht vorbei.
Klimafinanzierung COP26Rich countries still don’t want to pay their climate change tab
More money is on the table at the Glasgow climate conference, but it’s not enough. Climate change has a central injustice: The parts of the world that contribute the least to global warming stand to suffer the most as temperatures climb.
Klimafinanzierung COP26South Africa $8.5bn finance package offers a model for ending reliance on coal
The nation is at the heart of a string of announcements in Glasgow, UK to support developing countries in ditching the most polluting fossil fuel. After months of high-level political negotiations, France, Germany, the UK, the US and the EU announced an $8.
Klimafinanzierung Kohle COP26