The recently appointed Special Assistant to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Climate Change Matters, Comrade Yussuf Kelani, has said the primary focus of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference was to develop and refine the implementation framework for the global climate finance roadmap. The Pre-COP conference,…
Climate finance is a major focus for this year's Conference of Parties (COP29) in Azerbaijan, which is why Allied for Climate Transformation by 2025 (ACT2025) advocates for developed countries, including members of the G7 and G20 that emit significant greenhouse gases, to prioritize intentional climate financing.
The effects of climate change are becoming increasingly evident and yet a key component of the fight to preserve lives and livelihoods, namely adaptation funding, has stagnated, according to attendees of last month’s Africa Climate Roundtable. The event – hosted by African Risk Capacity (ARC), alongside various climate- and development-focused organisations, including the Africa Adaptation Initiative, the World Food Programme, the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD), the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), the African Capacity Building Foundation, the Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, the African Export-Import Bank, and the African Guarantee Fund – took place on May 7 and 8, mere days after the Kenyan government ordered evacuations for at-risk citizens, following weeks of heavy rainfall and flooding.
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