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Nigeria: Climate Change - Developing Nations Need $170 Billion
The World Bank yesterday in Accra said that a total of 170 billion dollars (N20 trillion) was required between now and 2030 to enable developing countries mitigate and adapt to the impact of climate change.
Source : AllAfrica | 28-Aug-2008 13:50

Africa: The Potential And the Challenges of Forest Carbon Finance
First in a new series of discussion papers from the Commonwealth Secretariat examines ways to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation
Source : AllAfrica | 28-Aug-2008 11:40

Uganda: Turkana Crowd Karamoja Border
Thousands of Turkana nomads from Kenya have amassed at the border of Kenya and Uganda, UPDF 3rd Division Training and Operations Officer Paul L'Okech has said.
Source : AllAfrica | 28-Aug-2008 09:41

Africa: Climate Change a Threat to MDGs, Warn Experts
Developing countries may not achieve their Millennium Development Goals targets by 2015 unless they address climate change concerns, experts have warned.
Source : AllAfrica | 28-Aug-2008 09:35

Uganda: Floods Back in Teso Sub Region
Barely two days after the government warned that several parts of the country would experience heavy rains, parts of Teso region have already been affected.
Source : AllAfrica | 28-Aug-2008 09:00

Ghana: Accra Talks Bode Well for Future Climate Change Negotiations - UN Official
Important progress has been made during the latest round of United Nations-led climate change talks in Accra, Ghana, on key issues relating to a new international agreement to tackle global warming, the world body's top official dealing with the issue said today.
Source : AllAfrica | 28-Aug-2008 07:59

Ethiopia: Thousands More Displaced As Floods Spread
Flash floods following torrential rains in Ethiopia's Gambella regional state have spread to four woredas [districts] and displaced thousands more people, an official in the area said.
Source : AllAfrica | 27-Aug-2008 17:24

South Africa: More Locals 'Concerned' About Climate Change
SOUTH Africans are above the world average when it comes to concerns about climate change, according to a survey of 22 cities on six continents conducted by BBC World News.
Source : AllAfrica | 27-Aug-2008 16:24

Nigeria: Delta House Urges LGs to Open Up Blocked Drainages
THE Delta State House of Assembly has passed a resolution calling on Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan to direct local government councils in the state to open up blocked drainages in their areas to check the menace of flooding which had been wreaking havoc.
Source : AllAfrica | 27-Aug-2008 15:51

Ghana: Climate Talks on Forests End Amidst Fears Over 'Carbon Colonialism'
The United Nations climate talks ending today and focused on 'Reducing Emissions from Deforestation in Developing Countries' risk moving towards 'carbon colonialism', Friends of the Earth International campaigners warned.
Source : AllAfrica | 27-Aug-2008 15:23

Namibia: City Acts to Avert Township Floods
The storm water system around the Sam Nujoma Stadium in Katutura is to be upgraded to avoid floods similar to 2006 where households in Dolam were made homeless.
Source : AllAfrica | 27-Aug-2008 12:12

West Africa: WHO Raises Alarm Over Region's Floods
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has expressed concern over rising flood waters across West Africa, which was described as capable of intensifying health risks for millions of people, and adding to the impact of the food price crisis.
Source : AllAfrica | 27-Aug-2008 10:35

Ethiopia: UN Humanitarian Chief to Visit Drought-Ravaged Country
The United Nations relief chief will travel to Ethiopia next week to assess the situation in the Horn of Africa country first-hand, where millions of people need humanitarian aid because of a devastating drought and the soaring prices of many basic foods.
Source : AllAfrica | 27-Aug-2008 09:47

Seek Workable Solutions
It is apt that a key world meeting on climate change and food security attended by 150 legislators from 15 countries in Africa and Europe as well as Japan should be held in Kenya.
Source : AllAfrica | 27-Aug-2008 09:45

Scrap Fuel Subsidies, UN Urges
Fuel subsidies should be scrapped, if the fight against the increase in greenhouse emissions is to be won, the United Nations has said.
Source : AllAfrica | 27-Aug-2008 09:45

Energy And Overpopulation - Man's Biggest Challenges
Climate change is not the most pressing issue facing mankind today.
Source : AllAfrica | 26-Aug-2008 16:49

Continent Urged On Self-Reliance
A conference on climate change has started in Nairobi with calls on African countries to stop relying on development aid.
Source : AllAfrica | 26-Aug-2008 15:32

Government Warns of Severe Storms
THE country will experience strong, severe winds and storms in the coming months. Experts say the storms will hit western and central Uganda plus parts of Kampala.
Source : AllAfrica | 26-Aug-2008 10:53

Uganda: Government Issues Flood Warning
Several parts of the country face flooding caused by heavy rains that are expected within the next two months, government announced yesterday.
Source : AllAfrica | 26-Aug-2008 08:07

West Africa: Coastline to Be Submerged By 2099
Swathes of West Africa's coastline extending from the orange dunes in Mauritania to the dense tropical forests in Cameroon will be underwater by the end of the century as a direct consequence of climate change, environmental experts warn.
Source : AllAfrica | 25-Aug-2008 21:48

Africa: Can the Fight Against Climate Change Be Won?
Once again, another round of talks has brought the world together in Accra. This time, the 'developed world' is not being asked to fulfill hovering promises of handouts to poor, needy countries, but to show more commitment in the fight against a bane they mainly helped in bringing about - climate change.
Source : AllAfrica | 25-Aug-2008 16:49

Rwanda: Climate Change, Development And Rwandan Leadership On Environmental Issues
One Munyentwari lost all his crops this year. He was the lucky one. His neighbor, one Dansila, lost all her crops and the house that she and her four children had called home for 10 years. She too was among the lucky ones.
Source : AllAfrica | 25-Aug-2008 15:03

Chad: Flooding Leaves 10,000 Homeless
United Nations officials are working alongside local authorities in southern Chad to provide humanitarian assistance after flooding in and around the town of Sarh has left more than 10,000 people homeless.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Aug-2008 20:12

Mozambique: Flood Victims May Face Rainy Season With No Shelter
Thousands of families in western Mozambican province of Tete, who were displaced by floods on the Zambezi river in January, may still be without shelter during the next rainy season, which begins in October.
Source : AllAfrica | 23-Aug-2008 09:36

Leaders Need Insight On Climate Change - DFID
An expert on climate change on Tuesday said even though climate change had grave implications for the cocoa, water, mining and food production sectors of African countries, African leaders were yet to fully grasp the phenomenon and its implications for the continent.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Aug-2008 15:26

South Africa: Public Called to Plant More Trees
The Department of Water Affairs and Forestry has called on all South Africans to join in celebrating this year's Arbor Week by planting trees in their communities to mitigate the effects of climate change.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Aug-2008 13:11

Africa: Climate Change Seminar for ACP Countries
A seminar on the implications of global climate change for sustainable agricultural production in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries will be held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in October.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Aug-2008 11:27

UN Health Agency Helps Country Cope With Heavy Flooding
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is helping the Sudanese Ministry of Health to deal with the worst flooding the country's southern state of Northern Bahr El Ghazal has seen in years.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Aug-2008 10:07

Kenya: Rain Failure Sparks Fear of Hunger
More than 170,000 people in Keiyo District are staring starvation in the face following dwindled rainfall in the region early this year.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Aug-2008 09:58

South Africa: Measuring the Carbon Footprint of Fruit And Wine
In an effort to stay competitive in a global market where increasing demands are made by consumers for 'green' products, South African fruit and wine farmers have launched an initiative to determine the environmental impact of their industries. The research could challenge the idea that exported products from the developing world have a higher environmental cost.
Source : AllAfrica | 22-Aug-2008 08:50

Ghana: UN Climate Change Talks Kick Off
The latest round of United Nations-sponsored global climate change negotiations began today in Accra, Ghana, bringing together more than 1,600 participants to discuss future greenhouse gas emission reduction targets ahead of a major summit set for 2009.
Source : AllAfrica | 21-Aug-2008 16:24

Swaziland: Low Input Funding Means Low Yields
Erratic weather and a prolonged dry spell caused Swaziland to record its lowest ever maize harvest in April 2007; although the 2008 harvest was double the size, it is still not enough, and a lack of funds to meet the zooming price of inputs means people might have to go hungry again next year.
Source : AllAfrica | 21-Aug-2008 07:42

Nigeria: Climate Change - Actively Involve Youths, Govts Told
As the world marked the International Youth Day 2008, various governments of the world and other decision makers have been called upon to allow youths fully participate as agents of change to restore the planet earth.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Aug-2008 12:29

Nigeria: Aliyu Raises Alarm Over Climate Change
Governor Babngida Aliyu of Niger State has observed that climate change portend great danger to the existence of mankind and urged world leaders to unite and find lasting solution to the problem.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Aug-2008 11:26

Sudan: Five Killed in Darfur Camp Floods, Say Peacekeepers
At least five people have been killed and some 1,500 homes destroyed in floods at camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan's strife-torn Darfur region, the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) reported today.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Aug-2008 09:16

West Africa: Fear of Disaster As Heavy Floods Hit Six Nations
Rising flood waters across West Africa are intensifying health risks for millions of people, and adding to the impact of the food price crisis.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Aug-2008 08:50

West Africa: Flooding in Region Puts Lives at Risk, Says UN Health Agency
International aid is urgently needed to reduce the risk to millions of lives in danger across West Africa due to the effects of flooding, the United Nations health agency warned today.
Source : AllAfrica | 20-Aug-2008 08:11

The Butterfly Effect
It's been gaining in popularity in recent times. Climate change has, in effect, been giving credibility to the Butterfly Effect, which posits that a minor change in one part in a system can unleash major changes in another part of the system. This phenomenon is all the more apposite if one adheres to the Gaia hypothesis. This philosophy affirms that the totality of Earth's organisms and their environment act as a "single, self-regulating system". Accordingly, small changes can upset the whole planet.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Aug-2008 18:52

Climate Change And Maritime Security
HMS ENDURANCE is undertaking an important deployment to West Africa to highlight the effects of climate change and the importance of maritime security.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Aug-2008 17:10

East Africa: Help Pastoralists Adapt to Climate Change - Oxfam
Pastoralists in East Africa's arid and semi-arid lands (ASAL) need to be empowered to adapt to, and survive, climate change, a report by a humanitarian organisation says.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Aug-2008 16:30

Namibia: Another Cold Front Coming
Southern Namibia will be hit by a cold front this weekend, the Windhoek Weather Bureau warned yesterday.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Aug-2008 15:19

Nigeria: Flood Submerges 150 Houses in Sokoto
No fewer than 150 houses have been submerged by flood in Bela village, Shagari Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Aug-2008 15:10

Africa: Maasai 'Can Fight Climate Change'
Africa should make more use of the skills of its nomadic peoples to help combat the challenges of climate change, the aid agency Oxfam says.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Aug-2008 13:41

Tanzania: Dar to Spend $2 Million On New Weather Radar This Year
The Tanzania Meteorology Agency will spend $2 million to purchase a new weather radar to improve forecasting, monitor changes and impending disasters such as drought and floods.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Aug-2008 11:53

Cameroon: Heavy Rains Paralyse Buea
They came down in fast blinding sheets, drumming hard on rooftops and whipping at the vegetation.The rains set off floods that practically wrecked the better part of the day. Buea was transformed into a delta with what began as rivulets swelling into swirling streams, while runoff littered with garbage gurgled down the gutters.
Source : AllAfrica | 19-Aug-2008 11:00

Nigeria: Country Loses N20 Billion to Flood Annually
Director of Erosion, Flood Control and Coastal Management, Federal Ministry of Environment, Alhaji Baworu Yahaya has said the nation loses about N20 billion annually to flood.
Source : AllAfrica | 18-Aug-2008 14:56