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Jordan invited to attend P4G climate summit in Seoul
Under the title “Inclusive Green Recovery towards Carbon Neutrality”, the Republic of Korea will virtually host the 2021 P4G Summit in Seoul at the end of May following the inaugural summit that was held in Copenhagen in 2018.
According to South Korean Ambassador in Jordan Lee Jae-wan, the summit will work to unite the global resolve to achieve carbon neutrality, especially in the post-COVID world.
P4G, (Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030) is a global initiative launched in 2017 to respond to the Paris Agreement on climate change, and achieve the United Nations’ SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals).
AfDB, IFAD and other partners pledge Ksh. 1.841 trillion to improve food security in Africa
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A number of multilateral development banks and development partners have pledged over Ksh. 1.841 trillion ($17 billion) in financing to address rising hunger on the African continent, and to improve food security.
The funds were pledged on the final day of a 2-day dialogue dubbed Feeding Africa: leadership to scale up successful innovations. The African Development Bank (AfDB) and the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) hosted the event in partnership with the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the CGIAR System Organization.