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.

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Make polluters pay for climate adaptation, voluntary carbon market body proposes

Corporate polluters could be encouraged to contribute to adaptation finance when they buy carbon offsets, under proposals to boost the integrity of carbon trading.

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Germany 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.

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Die 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.

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Island states say fund for climate disaster victims must be created by Cop27

Vulnerable island states say they cannot wait another three years for a funding mechanism to help victims of climate disasters.

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Climate Reparations

This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. The math is as simple as the moral claim.

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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.

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‘Betrayal’: US approves just $1bn climate finance for developing countries in 2022

The US Congress has approved a mere $1 billion in international climate finance for 2022 – falling far short of Joe Biden’s pledge to provide $11.4bn a year by 2024.

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Vanessa 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.

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Le 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.

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Climate-adaptation funds have not reached half of ‘most vulnerable’ nations, study finds

Many countries in Africa and those experiencing armed conflict are struggling to access money set aside to prepare them for climate change, according to new research.

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Here’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.

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Typhoon Rai’s trail of destruction in the Philippines reignites loss and damage calls

Devastation wrought by Typhoon Rai in the Philippines has reignited calls for loss and damage support, separate to humanitarian aid, to help disaster-struck communities recover and rebuild.

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Ärmere Länder in der Schulden- und Klimafalle

Es ist das Gegenteil des Verursacherprinzips: Die reichen Industrieländer befördern die Klimaerhitzung, die Folgen tragen vor allem die Länder des Globalen Südens. Diese landen in einem finanziellen Teufelskreis.

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African 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.

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Wie 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.

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“We have been cheated again”: Why developing nations feel silenced at Cop26

Countries in the Global South that are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change are angry. They came to the climate summit in Glasgow in good faith.

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Rich 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.

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Climate adaptation finance has a blind spot on conflict and fragility

With the world already 1.1C warmer than pre-industrial times, we know that climate change impacts are deeply felt in communities across the world and adapting to them is deeply important.

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South 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.

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Scotland breaks loss and damage “taboo”, raising hopes others will follow

The Scottish government has pledged £1 million ($1.4m) to support the victims of climate disaster, in a world first that representatives of vulnerable countries hope will inspire others to follow.

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